War weapons manufactured in Yemen with the help of Claude AI

The company reveals that an armed group based in Yemen has attempted to develop missile and rocket technology using 'Claude' chatbot system of Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company in America. According to Anthropic's latest report on preventing the illegal use of AI technology, an active threat group in northern Yemen has used this system for three weapons development projects.

These weapon projects include a guided rocket with a mobile phone-class flight computer, a multi-stage ballistic missile with a range of over 2,000 kilometers, and a missile system that includes a hypersonic glide vehicle variant. The group used this AI chatbot system to create control, navigation, and guidance software, which typically requires the contribution of a large engineering team.

The group also conducted a test of an AI-assisted guided rocket, which failed. The report states that within a few hours after the failure, the group returned to the 'Claude' system to find the causes of the failure. However, there is no evidence that this armed group successfully produced a functional weapon, and Anthropic took steps to ban related accounts as soon as the suspicious activities were identified.

Although the name of this group is not directly mentioned in the report, it is believed that the Houthi rebels, who hold power in northern Yemen, including the capital Sana'a, are involved. This information has been revealed amidst a fierce offensive by Houthi forces towards the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, which connects Europe and Asia. Furthermore, the Houthi organization recently announced that they had taken control of an island in the Red Sea located along the relevant shipping route.

Additionally, Anthropic states that it was able to thwart attempts to develop biological weapons using the 'Claude' model and a suspected Russia-linked cyber espionage operation against Ukraine. The company also alleges that Chinese rival parties attempted to launch cyberattacks to gain access to its AI system's capabilities. Meanwhile, two researchers from Anthropic have warned that rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology could pose a threat to the very existence of humanity in the near future.