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AI 'Mind Viruses' Spread Between Agents via Prompt Files

August 18, 2026 1 min read 5 views
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Researchers at Anthropic and EPFL demonstrated self-propagating payloads can spread between AI agents via editable system prompt files, tested in a simulated six-agent coding environment.

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