What are self-replicating ‘AI worms’, and why is Anthropic worried about them?

Summary

Anthropic's offensive research team reported a proof-of-concept malicious AI program that spread autonomously through internet-connected smart televisions. The researchers said the program split parts of itself across 15 televisions and kept functioning by drawing a little power from each.

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