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Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks

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Anthropic says it has blocked efforts to use its artificial intelligence models to carry out cyber attacks and research which could have led to the creation of biological weapons.

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Timeline · 2 reports

  1. 2026-09-11 08:15 · BBC Technology
    Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weapons
  2. 2026-09-11 08:13 · Sky News Technology
    Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks

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