Anthropic claims Claude AI used for missile projects, global espionage

Anthropic AI claims to have thwarted multiple malicious operations using its Claude models, ranging from cyber-espionage and weapons design to mass surveillance campaigns.On the conventional weapons front, the company alleges in a new report that it intervened in northern Yemen, blocking an effort to deploy Claude for missile guidance software, including a guided rocket and a long-range ballistic missile.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US judge blocks Pentagon blacklisting of AI firm Anthropiclist 2 of 3Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic, saying it pirated songs to train its AIlist 3 of 3US pushes looser approach to AI regulation, while EU pushes new lawend of listAI-assisted missile and rocket developmentAccording to Anthropic’s threat report, the operators used Claude “in place of human software engineers”, reportedly assigning different instances of the model specific roles to write missile-guidance and flight-control software.While internal safeguards blocked many requests, Anthropic admitted several slipped through. The operators avoided detection by obscuring their ultimate goals and breaking tasks across separate sessions, so no single prompt gave away the operat...