Anthropic says Claude-enabled attacks are spreading across cybercrime
Anthropic says threat actors used Claude in disrupted cyber, espionage, fraud, surveillance, weapons and biological-misuse operations between December 2025 and August 2026.
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Anthropic says threat actors used Claude in disrupted cyber, espionage, fraud, surveillance, weapons and biological-misuse operations between December 2025 and August 2026.
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Xinhua reports that researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed MatBrain, a two-model AI agent that combines materials reasoning with tool execution for research tasks.
The Arizona Daily Sun reports that a Flagstaff man accused of possessing AI-generated sexual images of minors is challenging Arizona’s law criminalizing such material.
CNBC reports that AI coaching tools are being used to help managers practice difficult employee conversations, while raising privacy, legal and oversight concerns.
EdexLive reports that IIT Madras’ Bodhan AI and NVIDIA have launched four open-weight models for Indian-language speech, translation and document processing, with education and public digital infrastructure as target uses.
Bloomberg reports that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slower pace of advanced AI development and said Anthropic would add third-party evaluators, amid similar calls from other technology leaders.
Der Spiegel reports that a Houthi-linked cell in northern Yemen tried to use Anthropic’s Claude Code to develop guidance, navigation and control software for aircraft, while Anthropic says its safeguards blocked many but not all requests.
The Supreme Court has stayed proceedings in a Gujarat High Court petition seeking rules against AI-generated deepfakes and issued notice on the Centre’s request to transfer the case.
The BBC reports that AI safety warnings from Anthropic insiders have triggered skepticism among investors, executives and some technology users.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has proposed independent monitoring and coordinated regulation to slow the development of advanced AI systems.
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