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Intern 2 is the small desk appliance from Autonomous.ai that keeps an AI agent running online independently of a primary Windows PC, positioned as an alternative to dedicating a Mac mini or leaving an agent active on a personal laptop. Coverage on WindowsForum.com focuses on the device's security posture: the Developer Edition ships with publicly documented default SSH and sudo credentials, a problem first reported by The Register. The hardware arrives with either Nous Research's Hermes or OpenClaw preconfigured, and the practical appeal of isolating an agent with access to email, code repositories, or automations is weighed against that basic credential exposure.
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    Intern 2 Developer Edition Ships With Public SSH Credentials

    Autonomous.ai’s Intern 2 is a $229-to-$249 desk appliance for keeping an AI agent online away from a primary Windows PC, but its strongest practical argument — isolating an agent with access to email, code repositories, or automations — is undercut by a basic security problem in the current...