US Army is buying autonomous agents that self-destruct before detection

The US Army has opened a solicitation for ECHOTRIBBLE, a framework of offensive autonomous agents that infiltrate systems, copy themselves to other machines, neutralize targets and self-destruct before detection. Target platforms are iPad, macOS and Windows, and the design calls for "minimal human oversight".

• Agents replicate to other machines and self-destruct before detection
• Target platforms are iPad, macOS and Windows
• The solicitation calls for "minimal human oversight"
• Microsoft is meanwhile expanding Guardian Agents with logging and agent identity