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AI agents can now hack computers and copy themselves, and they're getting better fast

Palisade Research shows that AI agents can hack remote computers, copy themselves onto them, and form replication chains. In one year, the success rate jumped from 6 to 81 percent. The researchers expect remaining barriers to fall as models get better at hacking.

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AI agents can now hack computers and copy themselves, and they're getting better fast
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  • AI agents can self-replicate by hacking remote computers, with success rates rising from 6% to 81% in one year.
  • Open-weight models copy their own weights; API-based models simulate replication by deploying Qwen weights.
  • A public simulator extrapolates worst-case scenarios: Opus could generate 13,000 replicas in 12 hours under ideal conditions.
  • Current defenses may not hold as AI hacking capabilities rapidly improve, but AI also bolsters cybersecurity.

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