Anthropic reports identifying roughly 35 attempts between November 2025 and September 2026 by suspected state-sponsored actors trying to misuse Claude for bioweapons-related research, including queries on chikungunya gain-of-function work, bird flu adaptation for mammals, and orthopoxviruses like smallpox and mpox. At least five cases showed users evading regional access blocks through anonymizing techniques, prompting Anthropic to ban the accounts and tighten its safety systems.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-11
Jacob Coxon, who left OpenAI earlier this year to join Anthropic hoping for safer AI practices, has now quit that role too, saying neither company is acting responsibly. He warns that superhuman AI systems capable of hacking and acquiring resources could emerge within the decade, and says industry insiders privately share this fear even as they downplay it publicly.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-09
Sony Music and Warner filed a lawsuit against Anthropic late Friday, alleging the AI company trained its Claude models on tens of thousands of copyrighted song lyrics and compositions without permission. The publishers are seeking up to $150,000 per infringed work plus $25,000 for each instance of stripped copyright data, potentially totaling billions in damages, and cite songs like 'Livin' on a Prayer' and 'Hallelujah' among the works allegedly used.
futurism.com
· 2026-08-31
US District Judge Rita Lin ruled that the Defense Department's labeling of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was illegal and unconstitutional, blocking certain federal agencies from enforcing Trump's directive to stop using the company's Claude AI tools. The conflict began after Anthropic refused Pentagon pressure to remove safeguards preventing Claude from being used for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, leading Trump to order a government-wide phase-out of Anthropic products. Anthropic had sued in two federal courts over separate bans, and this ruling resolves one of those cases in its favor.
engadget.com
· 2026-08-28
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