Anthropic: Self-copying AI could soon target cheap TV boxes

[Redaktion]

Anthropic ran an AI model on 15 cheap Android TV boxes and warns that small models could spread like a worm across poorly secured devices by the end of 2026. What the test shows and what it does not, why off-brand boxes would be the first target, and how to check your own box with Play Protect and the developer options.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Anthropic-Self-copying-AI-could-soon-target-cheap-TV-boxes.1426624.0.html

[gungho pin]

An ironic twist: super intelligent rogue AI goes all out to infect everything in its reach, only to be slowed down to a crawl by the cheap hardware it misguidedly is able to infect.