AI for bioweapons? Anthropic says Claude was asked to support making virus more ‘harmful’
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In a report, Anthropic said its systems blocked a request for Claude’s assistance in authoring a grant application for scientific funding. The work discussed in the application involved gain-of-function research on the chikungunya virus.
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Timeline · 4 reports
- 2026-09-11 11:38 · r/singularity
Houthis tried to use Claude to design software for their Ballistic missile program - 2026-09-11 10:00 · Tom's Hardware
Anthropic says Claude thwarted bioweapon research from state-sponsored actors — covert accounts used U.S. proxies to attempt to engineer deadlier viruses, tried to evade identification and regional blocks - 2026-09-11 05:12 · Mint AI
AI for bioweapons? Anthropic says Claude was asked to support making virus more ‘harmful’ - 2026-09-10 20:47 · r/artificial
Government-linked accounts tried to use Claude for work that could lead to bioweapons, Anthropic says