Anthropic Says China, Iran Among Countries That Have Used AI To Aid Spying
Anthropic has identified and blocked state-sponsored actors from China and Iran who were using its AI models for surveillance and espionage. The company warned that AI is increasingly being weaponized by governments to target dissidents and ethnic minorities.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing security risks associated with the proliferation of powerful AI models and the challenges tech companies face in preventing misuse by authoritarian regimes.
Anthropic said Thursday it shut down multiple cases of state-sponsored surveillance operations that used its artificial intelligence (AI)…
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