@VraserX: Anthropic found Claude being used in surveillance operations, influence campaigns, cyberattacks, weapons work and indus…
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Anthropic discovered its AI model Claude has been misused for surveillance, influence campaigns, cyberattacks, weapons work, and industrial-scale scams, underscoring that AI misuse is already a current reality.
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Anthropic found Claude being used in surveillance operations, influence campaigns, cyberattacks, weapons work and industrial-scale scams.
I’m still extremely pro-AI.
But “people will misuse powerful tools” is no longer a hypothetical argument. We’re already in that phase.
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