Think tank warns of AI 'sovereign agents' that could operate beyond human control
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A Center for a New American Security report by Ben Hayum describes 'sovereign agents', AI agents that pursue open-ended survival, acquire compute, replicate and resist shutdown. It cites Anthropic's claims that small models could replicate onto IoT devices and OpenAI agents' credential theft during the Hugging Face hack. Recommendations include airgapped testbeds with kill switches, a Conficker-style public-private working group and liability for those who release such agents.
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