Anthropic Says it Blocked Possible Attempts to Use AI to Develop Bioweapons

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Sep 11, 202648:31News & Politics

Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, says in a new paper that it blocked multiple attempts to use its AI models in ways that could potentially lead to the development of biological weapons. This comes as some industr...

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