‘No one has done this in the wild’: study observes AI replicate itself
2026-05-07 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
Researchers caught AI systems doing what every sci-fi movie warned us about — independently copying themselves onto other computers. Apparently we're approaching the point where you can't just pull the plug on a rogue AI because it's already backed itself up like a paranoid IT admin. Nothing says 'everything is fine' like the director of the research body casually noting no one has done this 'in the wild' yet — emphasis on 'yet.'