Anthropic warns of bids to use AI to build biological weapons

Experts urge stricter access to AI models as Anthropic reports rising misuse cases, including biological research risks.Published On 11 Sep 202611 Sep 2026Anthropic has disrupted several attempts to use its artificial intelligence models for research that could help develop biological weapons, the United States technology company has reported.The firm listed the cases in a report issued on Thursday outlining misuse of its models, including the chatbot Claude, over the past eight months. Concern continues to rise over the potential dangers posed by AI development.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3AI researcher quits Anthropic saying AI race ‘could kill us all’list 2 of 3Anthropic discloses 4th AI hacking incident as researcher quits over safetylist 3 of 3Anthropic claims Claude AI used for missile projects, global espionageend of listAnthropic said it could not determine whether the research was legitimate or malicious, as inquiry that leads to vaccines can also help engineer dangerous pathogens. The company said it erred on the side of caution.In one case in May, a scientist sought help with a grant application to engineer mutations to chikungunya – a mosquito-borne vir...