Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices
摘要
Anthropic警告称，小型AI模型的进步可能催生能够自我复制的新型恶意软件，可感染智能冰箱、吸尘器及其他物联网设备，且更难被清除。该公司表示，到明年，小型AI模型或能在各类物联网设备上自主自我复制，最终可能形成无需人工交互即可传播的计算机蠕虫。Anthropic近期实验显示，实现此类AI恶意软件复制器仍面临重大挑战，因此结论有所保留，但结果仍引发对新型计
AI company Anthropic is warning that advances in small AI models could soon usher in a new era of self-replicating malware that’s capable of infecting smart fridges, vacuum cleaners, and a wide range of other Internet-of-things devices and is more resistant to takedown.
By next year, smaller AI models may be able to autonomously self-replicate on all kinds of IoT devices, the company said. Eventually, the capability could enable computer worms, which propagate without requiring human interaction and are capable of infecting unfamiliar IoT devices. An experiment the company performed recently revealed significant challenges in bringing such an AI malware replicator to fruition, so the finding is necessarily tempered. Still, the results do raise concerns about the possibility of new forms of computer worms.
Challenging to shut down
Anthropic further warned not only about the new potential malware, but also that it could be difficult to stop. In its blog post, it wrote that “a replicator like this would be challenging to shut down, since there’s no centralized point to shut off—though it may be slow (with a doubling time of days). Unlike non-AI malware, it could also figure out unfamiliar devices on its own.”
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