Yemen weapons cell used Claude to develop missile software: Report
A weapons engineering cell in Yemen used Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence system to help develop missile guidance software - and turned back to the AI tool within hours of an apparently failed guided-rocket test to work out what had gone wrong, according to a new threat intelligence report from the US technology company. The cell used Claude Code while working on three weapons…
A weapons engineering cell in Yemen utilized Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence system to aid in the development of missile guidance software, according to a threat intelligence report by the US technology company. The cell employed Claude Code while working on three weapons programs, including a multi-stage ballistic missile with a range goal of over 2,000km and a hypersonic glide vehicle variant.
The group also utilized Claude for engineering work involving guidance, navigation, and control software for a guided rocket. After a failed guided-rocket test, the cell returned to Claude within hours to analyze the issue. While the report suggests the actors were using Claude for more than just obtaining technical information, it has not been independently verified that they successfully fielded an operational weapon.
The case forms part of Anthropic's broader investigation into potentially harmful uses of its AI systems, revealing new categories of threat actors leveraging Claude for weapons-related software development or intelligence gathering.
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