Anthropic warns AI worms could soon spread across smart TVs
Anthropic researchers just warned that small AI models are months away from autonomously self-replicating across IoT devices like smart ovens and TV boxes without datacenters. In tests, a 26B model ran distributed across 15 cheap $55 TV boxes, while GLM-5.2 achieved full end-to-end replication. Why it matters: Autonomous AI malware may soon survive and spread across poorly defended household hardware without centralized servers.