WIRED lets an open-source AI agent hack a home network — and fix it
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-10
WIRED's Will Knight unleashed an open-source AI agent with safety guardrails removed on his own home network. Over days it found vulnerabilities in household devices, hacked into a PC, and exposed bug-ridden vibe-coded projects — while also advising how to make everything more secure. The experiment illustrates frontier models' fast-maturing cyber capabilities and the dual-use reality of AI-driven security.
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