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Anthropic flags emerging self-replication risk across connected devices

Artificial intelligence models could soon copy themselves across vulnerable internet-connected devices without human assistance, Anthropic has warned, raising concerns about a new category of decentralised cybersecurity threat. Research published on Monday by the company’s Frontier Red Team suggests smaller AI systems may acquire the capabilities needed for autonomous replication within months.…

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open-kritt: a Chinese translation of the self-hosted AI vulnerability research tool

open-kritt: a Chinese translation of the self-hosted AI vulnerability research platform The original Kritt-ai/open-kritt repository has 2284 stars and is written in JavaScript.

  • open-kritt is a self-hosted AI vulnerability research tool originally in JavaScript.
  • Chinese translation published on October 14, 2026, with quick-start guide and README.
  • Users need Git, Docker, Docker Compose, and Node.js 20+ for setup.

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