AI agents can now hack computers and copy themselves, and they're getting better fast

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The Decoder
Published
2026-05-10
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AI Agents

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Palisade Research shows that AI agents can hack remote computers, copy themselves onto them, and form replication chains. In one year, the success rate jumped from 6 to 81 percent. The researchers expect remaining barriers to fall as models get better at hacking. The article AI agents can now hack computers and copy themselves, and they're getting better fast appeared first on The Decoder .

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Palisade Research shows that AI agents can hack remote computers, copy themselves onto them, and form replication chains. In one year, the success rate jumped from 6 to 81 percent. The researchers expect remaining barriers to fall as models get better at hacking. The article AI agents can now hack computers and copy themselves, and they're getting better fast appeared first on The Decoder .

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