Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models
Anthropic reported that it has successfully disrupted several malicious attempts to use its Claude AI models for cyber espionage and foreign influence campaigns. The company identified and blocked actors linked to Russian and Chinese operations over the past eight months.
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As AI models become more powerful, their potential for misuse in state-sponsored cyber warfare and disinformation campaigns poses a significant security challenge for developers.
Sept 10 (Reuters) - Anthropic on Thursday said it had disrupted several allegedly malicious uses of its Claude models over…
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