5 ways Claude was exploited for war, spying and repression
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Iran's spiritual leaders tend to call the U.S. the Great Satan to express their spite, but it turns out that its military, surveillance, propaganda, and even allied Houthis are eager to use American-built AI technology to target the U.S. Navy and develop weapons, surveillance, and propaganda, Anthropic's September 2026 threat report revealed.
The report documents threat actors using Claude to research and develop drone swarms, anti-torpedo weapons systems, and targeting recommendations.
A new report from Anthropic revealed five cases of “biological misuse” in which suspicious actors sought to use Claude AI to conduct deadly virus research and investigate toxic venom.
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Anthropic says Iran-linked group used Claude to target US Navy ships
An Iran-linked actor used Anthropic’s Claude AI to collect publicly available information on U.S.
A developer emailed Claude Code creator Boris Cherny that AI coding had created "friction." Cherny posted his full response.
Anthropic's Claude recently formalized Fermat's Last Theorem in just 11 days, a task Kevin Buzzard's £1 million project aims to complete over five years.
Claude was developed by Anthropic, a San Francisco-based company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees focusing on AI safety and research. Dario Amodei, the co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, had served as vice president of research at OpenAI. His sister Daniela Amodei serves as Anthropic’s president.
Claude can now connect to your Gmail and read, label, archive, sort, forward and send messages. You can require Claude to get your approval before taking action.
Anthropic reveals Chinese AI labs including Alibaba, DeepSeek, and Moonshot harvested nearly 190 million exchanges from Claude in coordinated
Anthropic said Alibaba, Moonshot, Zhipu, DeepSeek, and Xiaomi all tried to use Claude to train their models in various ways.
Anthropic is giving users more control over what memories Claude saves.