$Microsoft(MSFT)$ $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ Anthropic just put out a fairly striking research note.
They looked at whether small open-source models can already set themselves up and spread across cheap consumer devices like Android TV boxes and IoT hardware.
A couple of Chinese open models stood out. Qwen handled unfamiliar hardware well, and GLM was the only one that completed the full self-replication chain in their tests.
Their estimate is that by the end of 2026, even smaller models could reach the same level.
Open-source combined with self-spreading capability feels like something genuinely new.
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