Anthropic Warns AI 'Worms' Spreading Across Smart Devices

If AI worms can truly self-propagate across smart devices, it means consumer IoT could become a new attack surface, extending the security perimeter from the cloud to the endpoint. Anthropic speaking out proactively may signal that model vendors are treating 'agent security' as the focus of the next phase of competition and compliance, but the specific mechanisms and impact remain to be disclosed.