{
  "id": 6849078,
  "title": "How Iran-linked users put Claude AI to work tracking US Navy warships",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/how-iran-linked-users-put-claude-ai-to-work-tracking-us-navy-warships",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-12T02:38:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/world/iran-linked-group-used-claude-ai-track-us-navy-ships-anthropic-report-10874473/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An Iran-linked group has been using Anthropic’s Claude AI to collect public information on US Navy ships and track their movements, according to a report by the AI company. The activity, which took place between December 2025 and August 2026, involved several Iran-linked accounts that used Claude to organize publicly available data, including information from ship and aircraft transponders, commercial satellite imagery, military photographs, and public websites. Anthropic disrupted the operation and shared details with US government authorities. Additionally, separate Iran state-aligned accounts used Claude for propaganda campaigns, generating campaign plans, manuals, online personas, and target databases in multiple languages. The AI model was also used to develop a domestic surveillance system and create malware, phishing infrastructure, and fake websites.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}