Anthropic broke attempts to use its Claude models to develop biological weapons and carry out a suspected Russia-linked cyber espionage campaign against Ukraine. The firm also accused Chinese competitors of hacking attempts focused on extracting Claude's capabilities in its latest Threat Intelligence report, which documented malicious use of its tech over the past eight months. An increasing number of illegal hacking attempts by rogue AI agents, with concerns over the technology's risks voiced by industry insiders, have increased the pressure on leading pioneers in the field, raising the prospect of more regulation. Two Anthropic researchers warned this week that rapidly progressing AI could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not too distant future. In its report, Anthropic said it has long been a concern that AI models might one day reach the level of capability where they could help make existing pathogens more dangerous or create entirely new ones. It documented five examples of scientists using its models in ways that could support biological weapons development. In one of the cases, a researcher in a region unsupported by Anthropic employed virtual private server infra to access Claude and for weeks used it to plan avian influenza mammalian-adaptation experiments. Regions not supported by Anthropic comprise countries like Russia, China, and North Korea, among a few others. After detecting the misuse, it restricted the accounts involved in shady research and integrated its findings into its frontier model safeguards, enforcement, and threat intelligence processes. The report described in detail the incidents of operators in China, Yemen, and Russia using Claude to develop software for weapons design and development, or to support intelligence gathering and procurement related to weapons programs. Jacob Klein, head of threat intelligence, told Reuters, 'A year ago, let's say you wanted to optimize a drone or optimize the software on a missile, the models just wouldn’t be as good at that task as they are now.' A career journalist who spent six years playing around with smartphones, apps and gaming. As a hobby, Rudra enjoys researching mobile games, watching ... View More