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Russia reportedly uses Claude AI for cyberespionage, disinformation and drone development

Reports in Portuguese and German allege that Russian agents used Anthropic's Claude AI for cyberespionage, disinformation operations and drone development.

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The alleged use of commercial generative AI by state-linked actors could increase the scale and efficiency of cyber and influence operations.

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  1. Russia used Claude AI for espionage, disinformation and drone swarms ↗euronews.com · Recorded source date: Sep 16, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC
  2. Commentary: Russian team 'misused' Claude AI to train a killer drone on scraped Ukrainian war footage ↗channelnewsasia.com · Recorded source date: Sep 17, 2026, 12:31 AM UTC

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