Anthropic Blocks Malicious AI Use by Chinese, Russian, and Iranian Actors

Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models - Reuters

Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models  Reuters

Anthropic blocks 'malicious use' of AI that could develop biological weapons

The revelations in Anthropic's threat intelligence report come after a former top researcher at the company warned of the risks of AI to humanity.

Moonshot Secretly Routed User Requests Through Claude, Anthropic Says

Anthropic PBC accused China’s artificial intelligence champion Moonshot AI of covertly routing thousands of user requests to the US firm’s Claude models and passing off the responses as its own in a bid to gain an edge in the AI race.

By Rachel Metz, Maggie Eastland and Jordan Robertson

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 the work.

By Dustin Volz

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

Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons

The company said it has added stronger safeguards in its latest models to restrict biological research that could also be used to make weapons.

Anthropic details how criminals and scientists misuse its AI for cyberattacks and surveillance

The 154-page report comes two days after former employee Jacob Coxon resigned due to Anthropic racing to improve its models that would cause human extinction by 2030 Criminals, state-sponsored groups, spyware vendors, scientists and propagandists have attempted to use Anthropic’s powerful artificial intelligence models to design missiles and bombs, create deadly pathogens and surveil dissidents, according to a threat intelligence report the company published on Thursday. “The cases we share h...

By Dara Kerr

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, chikungunya and dangerous toxins.

Chinese AI labs secretly used millions of Claude exchanges to train their models, Anthropic says

Anthropic said it detected unauthorized efforts by China-based AI labs including Alibaba and Moonshot AI to use its Claude models to help improve their own AI systems.

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 customer requests to its Claude models, then showing users the responses as if they were from their own models. The new allegations mark a further escalation in US criticism of China’s AI industry practices. Earlier this week, three US government agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), claime...

By Vincent Chow

Anthropic blocked misuse of AI that could have supported biological weapons, company says

Bad actors have also tried to use Anthropic’s AI models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks and surveillance, company says

By Barbara Ortutay

‘Chilling’: AI giant 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 models to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons.

By Dustin Volz

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 institute.

By Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes Staff

Bioweapon threat exposed as Anthropic sounds alarm on foreign actors plotting virus experiments

Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models - The Straits Times

Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models  The Straits Times

Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models

Alibaba, Moonshot, DeepSeek and Xiaomi are among tech giants Anthropic accuses of trying to extract and replicate Claude's capabilities.

Anthropic Says It Blocked AI Misuse After Its Whistleblower's Safety Warning

Between December 2025 and August 2026, researchers at Anthropic found misuse by actors ranging from spyware vendors and "politically motivated individuals" to state-sponsored groups spreading propaganda.

Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models

Anthropic says cybercriminals and state-backed hackers were increasingly using AI not just to assist with tasks but to orchestrate and execute large portions of cyberattacks

By Reuters

Anthropic says its models were misused for biological weapons research, surveillance and cyber attacks

By Cody Combs

China, Iran among countries that have used AI to aid spying, Anthropic says - Arab News

China, Iran among countries that have used AI to aid spying, Anthropic says  Arab News