Anthropic says Claude was used for weapons development and surveillance
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Neutral summary
Anthropic said in a report published Thursday that over the past eight months it had disrupted a series of attempts to misuse its Claude AI model, including weapons development, cyber operations, surveillance and disinformation. The company said a cell in northern Yemen linked to the Houthis used Claude to write software for guided rockets and ballistic missiles, including a variant with a hypersonic glide vehicle; one rocket was test-fired but failed. Anthropic also reported that government-linked actors in Mali, China and Iran used Claude for surveillance, and that researchers attempted to use the model in sensitive biological research that could have aided biological weapons development. The company said it banned the accounts involved and could not determine whether the biological work was legitimate or nefarious.
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Publication timeline
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The New York Times (outlet profile)
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons. In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down…
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Axios (outlet profile)
AI is making government surveillance easier. State-run surveillance operations around the world are using Claude to streamline their operations, Anthropic said in a threat report released Thursday. Why it matters : The…
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New York Post (outlet profile)
Anthropic says scientists used its AI for research that could aid biological weapons development. Anthropic says scientists used its Claude AI in sensitive biological research that the company feared could have applicat…
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Forbes (outlet profile)
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Biological Weapons Undertaking. Anthropic believes the blocked research into biological weapons was suspicious because it was intended to be carried out at a military research institut…
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Daily Mail (outlet profile)
Anthropic says it thwarted plots to build biological weapons using its AI after whistleblower warned its tech will end humanity. Anthropic has said that it has stopped several potential plots to build biological weapons…
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Politico Europe (outlet profile)
Bad actors in China and Russia are already weaponizing Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic says foreign scientists, hackers and security services circumvented restrictions to use Claude for dangerous work, including possible biow…
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G1 (outlet profile)
Anthropic diz ter identificado países que usaram sua IA para fazer propaganda e desenvolver possíveis armas biológicas, diz 'NYT'. Anthropic Reuters A Anthropic, empresa que desenvolveu a ferramenta de inteligência arti…
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El País (outlet profile)
Anthropic alerta de que ha frenado posibles intentos de crear armas biológicas con su IA. La compañía desconoce si la motivación detrás de estos accesos era la investigación científica o los usos maliciosos. El anuncio…
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The National (UAE) (outlet profile)
Anthropic says its models were misused for biological weapons research, surveillance and cyber attacks
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El Mundo (outlet profile)
Anthropic asegura haber bloqueado una operación para desarrollar armas biológicas con su modelo de IA. La corporación californiana negó que tuviera constancia de que alguna empresa privada haya compartido públicamente "…
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elDiario.es (outlet profile)
Anthropic asegura que ha detenido varios intentos de crear armas biológicas con su IA. La empresa tecnológica ha asegurado haber desarrollado sistemas de detección para identificar y bloquear los usos que puedan suponer…
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CBS News (outlet profile)
Anthropic says scientists used AI for possible biological weapons development. Anthropic said it blocked scientists who used its Claude AI models "in ways that could support biological weapons development."
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elDiario.es (outlet profile)
¿Puede la IA perder el control y amenazar a la humanidad? Esto es lo que dicen algunos de los mayores expertos del mundo. El principal comité internacional de expertos en IA, reunido por la ONU, ha alertado de que la po…
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La Patilla (outlet profile)
La amenaza que Anthropic intenta frenar antes de que sus modelos lleguen demasiado lejos.   La empresa de inteligencia artificial Anthropic afirmó este jueves que ha frustrado varios posibles complots en los que se…
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Sydney Morning Herald (outlet profile)
‘Chilling’: AI giant Anthropic says it blocked possible efforts to build biological weapons. Anthropic said it had disrupted several potential plots this year by scientists who used its leading artificial intelligence m…
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Ведомости (outlet profile)
Anthropic обвинила китайских ИИ-ботов в перенаправлении запросов в Claude
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons. Anthropic says it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyber…
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TechCrunch (outlet profile)
Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek. A new report released Thursday by Anthropic alleges persistent distillation attacks by China-based AI companies, which have escalated in…
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Engadget (outlet profile)
Anthropic caught scientists using Claude to further biological weapon research. Anthropic produced an extensive collection of case studies covering the ways its current AI models have been misused.
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CBS News (outlet profile)
Anthropic says it blocked possible efforts to create biological weapons. One day after two researchers warned that artificial intelligence could kill all humans, Anthropic reports that it blocked possible efforts by sci…
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El Colombiano (outlet profile)
Anthropic confirmó que frenó complots de científicos que usaban la IA para crear armas biológicas. El informe fue publicado en sus redes oficiales. Anthropic explicó que era el informe de inteligencia sobre amenazas más…
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Europa Press (outlet profile)
Anthropic bloquea cinco posibles intentos de crear armas biológicas con Claude, alguna con potencial pandémico. Anthropic, creadora del asistente de IA 'Claude', ha frustrado en lo que llevamos de año al menos cinco inv…
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Inquirer.net (outlet profile)
Anthropic says it blocked AI misuse linked to bioweapons. Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance,…
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Aristegui Noticias (outlet profile)
Anthropic frustra posibles intentos para crear armas biológicas con su IA; una con potencial pandémico. La corporación tecnológica aseguró haber desarrollado sistemas de detección para identificar y bloquear los usos qu…
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Financial Times (outlet profile)
Anthropic stops attempts to use models for potential biological weapons. Start-up outlines five examples of when actors ‘circumvented controls’ and made efforts to ‘obfuscate’ the purpose of their research
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The Register (outlet profile)
Latest Anthropic horror story chills with tales of kamikaze drone swarms and bioweapons research. Everyone from ShinyHunters to Russian freelancers is in on the illicit model fun
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Fox News (outlet profile)
Bioweapon threat exposed as Anthropic sounds alarm on foreign actors plotting virus experiments. Researchers outside the United States used Anthropic's Claude to plan gain-of-function experiments on bird flu, chiku…
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ITmedia (outlet profile)
Anthropic、AI悪用レポートを公開 中国AI企業の「蒸留」、各国政府の監視・世論操作、生物兵器につながり得る研究を列挙. Anthropicは、自社AI「Claude」の悪用事例をまとめた脅威レポートを公開した。生物兵器の設計や国家機関による世論操作や反体制派監視、通常兵器開発への利用を検知、遮断したと発表。中国AI企業による組織的なモデル抽出（蒸留）の実態も報告し、危険な転用への警戒を強めている。
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South China Morning Post (outlet profile)
Moonshot, DeepSeek secretly routed user requests to Claude, Anthropic claims. American artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has accused its Chinese AI rivals DeepSeek and Moonshot on Thursday of covertly routing…
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El Colombiano (outlet profile)
OpenAI da un giro y pide al Congreso de EE. UU. una regulación obligatoria para la IA. OpenAI instó el miércoles al Congreso de Estados Unidos a que apruebe rápidamente normas de seguridad obligatorias para los sistemas…
Factual core
- Anthropic reported blocking an attempt to use its AI for biological weapons development.
- Anthropic discovered cases of misuse of its AI model Claude.
- The report details specific instances of Claude being used for espionage activities.
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