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  "id": 6794841,
  "title": "Factbox-How Anthropic says Claude was used for weapons, spying and cyber operations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/factbox-how-anthropic-says-claude-was-used-for-weapons-spying-and-6794841",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-11T19:46:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/factbox-how-anthropic-says-claude-was-used-weapons-spying-and-cyber-operations"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Eduardo Baptista and AJ Vicens Sept 11 (Reuters) - Anthropic said in a threat intelligence report on Thursday that several actors had used its Claude AI models for activities ranging from weapons development and cyber operations to surveillance and fraud. Here are some of the most notable cases described in the report as alleged by Anthropic. CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS",
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Iran-linked operators used Anthropic's AI to build targeting files on U.S. warships",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/iran-linked-operators-used-anthropics-ai-to-build-targeting-files-on",
        "published": "2026-09-11T14:10:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Anthropic says Russian and Chinese threat actors used Claude as a weapons engineering assistant for drone swarming and more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-says-russian-and-chinese-threat-actors-used-claude-as-a",
        "published": "2026-09-11T15:30:22.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Anthropic reveals hacker used Claude to target French far-right organizations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-reveals-hacker-used-claude-to-target-french-far-right",
        "published": "2026-09-11T15:50:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Anthropic says Iran-linked actor used Claude to surveil Israelis, diaspora Jews",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-says-iran-linked-actor-used-claude-to-surveil-israelis",
        "published": "2026-09-11T16:16:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Houthis used AI platform Claude to develop ballistic missiles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/houthis-used-ai-platform-claude-to-develop-ballistic-missiles",
        "published": "2026-09-11T17:15:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Iran used AI to develop military, propaganda strategies, Anthropic report reveals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/iran-used-ai-to-develop-military-propaganda-strategies-anthropic",
        "published": "2026-09-11T17:28:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Insider",
        "title": "Russia-linked hackers used Claude agents to target Ukraine and steal military drone technology, Anthropic report finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/russia-linked-hackers-used-claude-agents-to-target-ukraine-and-steal",
        "published": "2026-09-11T19:00:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Factbox-How Anthropic says Claude was used for weapons, spying and cyber operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/factbox-how-anthropic-says-claude-was-used-for-weapons-spying-and",
        "published": "2026-09-11T19:30:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechSpot",
        "title": "Anthropic says it blocked state-sponsored attempts to use Claude for bioweapons research",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-says-it-blocked-state-sponsored-attempts-to-use-claude-for",
        "published": "2026-09-11T20:18:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Weapons, spyware and AI scams: Anthropic exposes Claude misuse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/weapons-spyware-and-ai-scams-anthropic-exposes-claude-misuse",
        "published": "2026-09-11T20:30:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}