Anthropic Claims It Stopped Suspected Bioweapons Research Conducted With Claude
Anthropic’s team noted that many of these cases were ambiguous, plagued (as so much biowarfare policy has been) by “dual use” problems in which projects meant to safeguard the public against biological weapons can often easily be inverted into making biological weapons themselves. Weber, now with the Council on Strategic Risks, told the Times that the company’s findings were “chilling examples of state-sponsored biological weapons developers tapping into the rapidly advancing capabilities” of the AI sector’s most state-of-the-art models. Anthropic said in the report that it has foiled illicit distillation attacks targeting Claude from seven labs based in China since first making the issue public this February.
- ▪Anthropic’s team noted that many of these cases were ambiguous, plagued (as so much biowarfare policy has been) by “dual use” problems in which projects meant to safeguard the public against biological weapons can often easily be inverted i
- ▪Weber, now with the Council on Strategic Risks, told the Times that the company’s findings were “chilling examples of state-sponsored biological weapons developers tapping into the rapidly advancing capabilities” of the AI sector’s most sta
- ▪Anthropic said in the report that it has foiled illicit distillation attacks targeting Claude from seven labs based in China since first making the issue public this February.
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A new report from Anthropic, the AI firm that’s perhaps most positioned itself as the industry’s conscience, claims that the company had to thwart multiple potential schemes over the past year by scientists intending to use its Claude AI to engage in biological weapons research.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000810609","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"science","SECTION":"biology","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"biology","TAGS":"biological-warfare,biological-weapons,claude,existential-threats","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); The company’s Threat Intelligence team detailed five case studies on…
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