Anthropic details bad actors’ efforts to misuse its AI for bioweapons

<p>Report comes two days after former employee quit claiming company’s models could cause human extinction by 2030</p><p>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<a href="https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#biological-misuse-sep-26"> threat intelligence report</a> the company published on Thursday.</p><p>“The cases we share here aren’t typical misuse, but rather examples of the most notable and novel threat activity we’ve identified to date,” Anthropic wrote in its 154-page report. “We’re publishing this work because we believe we have a responsibility to disclose malicious misuse of our services.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/10/anthropic-report-details-ai-misuse">Continue reading...</a>