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The company behind one of the world's most powerful AI chatbots says some scientists have been using it for research that could help develop biological weapons, and Anthropic says it blocked their accounts
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The company released a new report Thursday detailing how people have misused its clawed AI models
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Anthropic identified five cases involving scientists doing work that had the potential to support biological weapons development
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The company doesn't identify the scientists and says it can't say they intended to cause harm
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Legitimate biological research can also produce information that could be used to make a pathogen
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more dangerous. Anthropix says it has since strengthened safeguards in its newer models
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The report also details Claude being used for propaganda and surveillance, including by actors Anthropix says were aligned with governments in Iran and China
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Anthropix says it's disclosing the cases because, quote, As models become increasingly capable, their risks will increase unless AI developers and society's defenders act to make them safer
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The report comes days after an anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, quit. Appearing on CNN, he says he's worried about what happens as these systems become more powerful
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If you extrapolate into the future the level of capabilities of these AIs, with the same independent volition, they could cause extreme havoc
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for example, hacking critical infrastructure, building extinction level bioweapons. There's a lot of ways that the AI could actuate itself in the world
