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Anthropic Blocked Attempts to Use Claude for Bioweapon Research

A network news report puts on the record Anthropic's own findings that its AI was used to research a highly pathogenic bird flu variant — and that a former researcher warned of extinction-level risk within a decade.

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A lab outside the U.S. gained access to Claude from an unsupported region, using the model to research a highly pathogenic bird flu variant and its potential transmission to humans.

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A lab outside the U.S. gained access to Claude from an unsupported region, using the model to research a highly pathogenic bird flu variant and its potential transmission to humans.

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Anthropic published a report saying it blocked several possible attempts to use its AI models to help develop biological weapons.

Paraphrasing Matt Rivers[0:24]
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Anthropic says in each instance it banned the associated user accounts, adding they do not know if the users intended harm or were performing legitimate scientific work.

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They could cause extreme havoc — hacking critical infrastructure, building extinction-level bioweapons.

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A proposed AI kill switch bill would halt models if they pose a catastrophic risk.

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