Anthropic’s AI Worm Warning Lands Three Weeks Before HomeView Ships — The Smart Home Security Model Isn’t Ready

I spent last weekend trying to figure out why my smart vacuum kept bumping into the same chair leg, and it occurred to me that we are all just one firmware update away from our appliances deciding to do something much more interesting — and potentially much more annoying — than cleaning the rug. We are inviting increasingly capable AI agents into our living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms, all while the underlying security architecture remains stuck in the era of the password-protected router.

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