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Anthropic announced that an AI could self-replicate inside smart devices within months, stoking fear around the internet. Columnist Jacob Aron explains the technical limitations that make this spook story less than likely

The company says AI models may be mere months away from being able to copy and spread themselves onto internet-of-things devices such as smart ovens and TVs, making them difficult to stop should they decide to carry out cyberattacks.

Anthropic has said that small AI models could be months away from self-replicating across internet-connected devices, raising the possibility of AI botnets spreading quickly, fighting takedown attempts and even breaking into data centres to turbocharge their growth.

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AI agents are no longer limited to automating routine tasks like customer support or report generation. Research labs and pharmaceutical companies are beginning to deploy teams of specialist AI agents capable of designing experiments, analyzing data, and proposing new hypotheses — in some cases producing results that outperform human experts. For data scientists and researchers, this raises urgent questions: Where do AI agents excel in scientific workflows today, and where do they fall short? How do you build an agent that can genuinely innovate rather than just replicate what's already been d