Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malware with a disturbing new architecture: Instead of receiving its next command from a human attacker, it asks a panel of commercial AI models what to do and then executes their decision. Cisco Talos calls it CLOSEDQUORUM. According to reporting by Inc., the malware can poll...
AI Agents Are Joining the Org Chart. Who Manages Their Behavior?
AI agents are beginning to show up in an unexpected place: The company org chart. WIRED reports that when Boston Consulting Group surveyed 1,261 managers in January, 22% said their organizations had already added AI agents to corporate org charts. These systems are being given names, job titles, profile pictures...
Anthropic Is Warning Investors About Losing Control of AI. The Architecture Needs to Change.
Anthropic is reportedly telling prospective investors that increasingly advanced artificial intelligence could pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity. According to reporting by the Guardian, Reuters and the Financial Times, the warnings appear in the company’s IPO prospectus, which has not yet been made public. The reported disclosures describe the...