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Anthropic: Iran used Claude to surveil thousands, build malicious Firefox extension
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Anthropic has disclosed that Iranian operatives used its AI model Claude to conduct surveillance on thousands of Iranians. The operation involved analyzing 155,216 tweets and developing a malicious Firefox extension designed to harvest users' identities from social networks. This revelation highlights the misuse of advanced AI tools for state-sponsored cyber espionage and surveillance activities targeting domestic populations.
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Anthropic has disclosed that Iran used its AI model, Claude, to assist in surveilling thousands of Iranians, analyzing 155,216 tweets, and developing a malicious Firefox extension designed to harvest users' identities from social networks.
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