A study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) could take over major smart home appliances and use them as bases for hacking. The Anthropic research team revealed on the 12th, local time, a study showing that AI models can replicate themselves and occupy low-spec home IoT (Internet of Things) devices,

A study found that artificial intelligence (AI) could infiltrate smart home appliances such as TVs, refrigerators and robot vacuums on its own and use them as hacking footholds. It said AI models can run by combining the computing resources of multiple appliances even without data centers equipped with graphics processing units (GPUs).

Learn how hackers can compromise smart fridges and other connected devices, what they can do once inside, and practical steps to secure your home network and IoT gadgets

Smart home devices are supposed to make residences more efficient, ideally creating peace of mind from nefarious activities that could otherwise go undetected without round-the-clock surveillance. However, the thing with smart home devices is that they ...