China and Iran used AI to support espionage, Anthropic says

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PROCESSING CONFIDENCE82%Model confidence in the classification from supplied reports

COVERAGE3 reports3 publisher domains

FIRST DETECTEDSep 13, 2026, 12:17 PM UTCFirst time DoomRadar attached a report to this event

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WHAT HAPPENED

Anthropic said China and Iran are among countries that have used artificial intelligence to assist spying operations.

SO WHAT?

AI-enabled espionage could increase the scale and speed of state-backed cyber and intelligence activity.

SCORE CONTEXT

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4841–60

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EVIDENCE

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3REPORTS

3PUBLISHER DOMAINS

82%PROCESSING CONFIDENCE

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