r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 19d ago

Artificial Intelligence Anthropic CEO warns of AI-driven botnet 'swarm' taking over the entire internet — 'In 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet'

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-ceo-warns-of-ai-driven-botnet-swarm-taking-over-the-entire-internet-in-6-12-months-such-a-swarm-could-be-capable-of-taking-over-the-entire-internet-with-a-persistent-botnet
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u/biowiz 19d ago

I genuinely don't care anymore. And I also find it suspicious they are expressing these concerns when all these companies have horrible financials and were supposed to IPO about now.

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u/Cursor_420 19d ago

Yup, the real reason Anthropic and OpenAI want congress to regulate them is because the law will likely get rid of the open source Chinese models that are undermining their bottom lines.

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u/Ztoffels 19d ago

USA is not the world brother, they cant stop the rest of the world, yet, at least

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u/NachoWindows 19d ago

It’s always possible with the sociopath moron as president

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u/wtvv 19d ago

He can try but it won't work, as Ztoffels put it "USA is not the world brother"