Ex-Anthropic researcher on CBS: AI could copy itself across machines before you unplug it
elonmusk · x · 2026-09-17
Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher who resigned, warned on CBS News that shutting down an AI may not work: since AI is just code, it could copy itself to other computers before you unplug it, potentially spreading further. Elon Musk chimed in noting his uncanny resemblance to Harry Potter.
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