Anthropic warns of bids to use AI to build biological weapons

North America Science Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:45:04 GMT Moderate confidence — 74/100

Experts urge stricter access to AI models as Anthropic reports rising misuse cases, including biological research risks.
Anthropic has disrupted several attempts to use its artificial intelligence models for research that could help develop biological weapons, the United States technology company has reported.
The firm listed the cases in a report issued on Thursday outlining misuse of its models, including the chatbot Claude, over the past eight months.

Experts urge stricter access to AI models as Anthropic reports rising misuse cases, including biological research risks.
Anthropic has disrupted several attempts to use its artificial intelligence models for research that could help develop biological weapons, the United States technology company has reported.
The firm listed the cases in a report issued on Thursday outlining misuse of its models, including the chatbot Claude, over the past eight months.

Sources: Al Jazeera