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Anthropic says scientists used its Claude AI in sensitive biological research that the company feared could have applications in weapons development \u2014 including gain-of-function virus work and experiments involving pathogens with pandemic potential.<\/p>\n

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The company said it could not determine the researchers\u2019 ultimate intent because the same scientific work can have legitimate medical uses as well as dangerous applications.<\/p>\n

Anthropic said it banned associated accounts and disrupted access where it identified violations of its safeguards and policies.<\/p>\n

The findings, disclosed Thursday in a sweeping report on misuse of Anthropic\u2019s models, provide real-world context for warnings from former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon that increasingly powerful AI systems could eventually pose an extinction-level threat.<\/p>\n

One case involved a scientist seeking Claude\u2019s help preparing a grant application for gain-of-function research on chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that can cause severe pain and fever.<\/p>\n

The proposed work sought to identify mutations affecting transmissibility and immune evasion and then engineer those changes into the virus, according to Anthropic.<\/p>\n

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The company said the research could have legitimate applications, including vaccine and therapeutic development.<\/p>\n

But Anthropic said the case became particularly concerning because the work was intended to take place at a military research institute.<\/p>\n

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Anthropic said it could not establish whether the research was intended to be weaponized.<\/p>\n

The latest revelations come just a day after Coxon warned that increasingly powerful AI systems could eventually pose an extinction-level threat to humanity, telling NBC News there was a \u201csubstantial probability that this technology could kill everyone\u201d and insisting, \u201cThis isn\u2019t hyperbole. It\u2019s not a marketing stunt.\u201d<\/p>\n

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