Anthropic Blocked Work It Considered Potentially Linked to Biological Weapons

Anthropic said it blocked possible efforts to build biological weapons, according to a New York Times report cited in a new company report. The company said it could not determine whether the research was legitimate or nefarious.

Scientists had been using an Anthropic model for biological research, after which the company’s team flagged a possible connection to bioweapons and shut down the work. It was not established that the research was intended to support biological weapons, and the scientists and specific work were not identified.