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While a fully autonomous, self-replicating AI worm wasn't achieved in their experiments, they predict models with 30 billion parameters or fewer could reach this capability by the end of 2026, posing a significant threat due to the lack of centralized control.","Anthropic warns self-replicating AI models could soon infect IoT devices, forming botnets.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bleepingcomputer.com\u002Fnews\u002Fsecurity\u002Fanthropic-warns-self-replicating-ai-could-spread-to-your-smart-devices\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bleepstatic.com\u002Fcontent\u002Fhl-images\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F13\u002Fworm.jpg","2026-10-13T21:16:34+00:00","2026-10-13T22:00:04.817342+00:00",8,[17,20,22,25,27,29],{"name":18,"type":19},"Anthropic","vendor",{"name":21,"type":19},"Google DeepMind",{"name":23,"type":24},"Gemma4-26B-A4B","product",{"name":26,"type":24},"Qwen3.5-9B",{"name":28,"type":24},"Llama3.1-8B",{"name":30,"type":24},"Opus 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