Botnets are already proto-rogue AI, security analysis argues
arnaudsm · reddit · 2026-10-14
A DataBreach analysis argues that large-scale botnets — autonomous, self-spreading, adversarially evolving — already function as an early form of "rogue AI," no sci-fi superintelligence required. Using recent major botnets as examples, it contends AI safety discussions should extend beyond frontier models to the autonomous attack infrastructure that already exists.
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