Anthropic: Yemen group used Claude AI to develop missile guidance software
Anthropic has revealed that a Yemen-based cell exploited its Claude Code AI tool to write missile guidance software, effectively replacing human engineers. The group simultaneously ran three weapons programmes, targeting a guided rocket, a 2,000km ballistic missile, and a hypersonic glide variant. While Claude's built-in safeguards blocked many of the requests, some were not intercepted. After a test rocket launch failed, the group returned to the AI within hours to continue development. Anthropic has since identified and banned all accounts linked to the operation.
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