Anthropic warns small AI models may be months from self-replicating on smart TVs and other IoT devices

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AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter

Anthropic researchers show small open-weight AI models can set up inference on unfamiliar IoT hardware and, in simplified evals, GLM-5.2 can replicate end to end. They project small-model worms by end of 2026 and suggest defenses.