Self-replicating AI, your doctor’s chatbot & agents at dinner
A look at three developments shaping the near future of AI: Anthropic's research on small models that could copy themselves across cheap consumer devices, a JAMA study showing how doctors are adopting clinical chatbots for treatment decisions, and an experiment in which AI agents booked a founders' dinner and then networked with one another. The panel weighs security risks in the home, the trade-offs of speed versus verification in medicine, and how much autonomy agents should have when dealing with other agents.
