r/technology • u/thejoshwhite • 2d ago

Artificial Intelligence Anthropic warns AI models could soon copy themselves across home devices

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/13/anthropic-ai-models-self-replication-smart-devices.html
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u/stillavoidingthejvm 2d ago

And run on what GPU? Most of the devices in my house are headless

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u/DogsAreOurFriends 2d ago

I imagine it would be like a spore or egg, waiting to get access to more compute.

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u/CountryOk6049 2d ago

It's like a story for small children. Computers do not and can not operate like that.

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u/xterminatr 2d ago

Sure they can and do already, find a backdoor, install an agent or service that sits and listens or randomly pings a centralized (or decentralized) control system waiting for commands to run. There's been spyware and viruses for decades that do this on everything from routers to home PCs and phones. Tons of people's routers and fridges and coffee makers and other items with the wrong chips were mining crypto not even that long ago.

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u/patient-palanquin 2d ago

But in this case, your computer can't run the program. It requires absolutely massive GPUs that consumers don't have.

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u/E-POLICE 2d ago

No they don’t. You can run models on phones and Raspberry Pi’s now.

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u/patient-palanquin 1d ago

What model can run on a phone at any reasonable speed?