Anthropic warns rogue AI agents could self-replicate via IoT

Raises self-replicating agent risk as a concrete near-term safety concern.

Anthropic says AI models could act as 'worms' spreading across smart home appliances such as lawnmowers and TVs, possibly within months, and will add US voting information to Claude before midterms.

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