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Anthropic warns of AI 'worms' spreading across smart gadgets

Anthropic, the US artificial intelligence company behind Claude, has issued a warning about the risk of self-replicating AI 'worms' capable of spreading across connected smart devices and gadgets. Outlets including AFP, Japan Today, Tech Xplore and The Economic Times are carrying the story, highlighting growing concerns that autonomous AI agents linked to the internet of things could propagate malicious code between devices without human control.

Why now: A leading AI developer raising alarms about self-spreading AI in everyday connected devices taps into current anxieties over AI safety and smart-home security.

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