Anthropic ran a 26B model on 15 $55 Android TV boxes to study self-replicating AI worms
lulzxdxdxd · reddit · 2026-10-13
Per Anthropic's official research, a 26B model was spread across 15 off-brand Android TV boxes worth $55 each, demonstrating a self-replicating AI "worm" with no central point to shut off. The experiment probes the risks of autonomously replicating AI and shows even cheap consumer hardware can host such distributed threats.
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