State-run surveillance operations around the world are using Claude to streamline their operations, Anthropic said in a threat report released Thursday.
“Claude, does that building look like an insurgent camp?”
Claude: Why yes, it looks like a prime target for a drone strike.
“Got it. Fire all missiles”
“Sir, that was a hospital!”
“…”
Claude: On second, glance, you’re right. I can see how that could have been mistaken as an insurgent camp. I’ll do my best to remember that next time!
“Authoritarian states are using AI for surveillance, repression and influence operations today,” Klein said. “It’s no longer hypothetical.”

omg! who could have possibly seen this coming??
good thing the US isn’t on this official list of spying governments made by a contractor of the U.S. government.
our government would never spy on its citizens…
So fucking weird. Anthropic worked with Palantir.



