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Yemeni Cell Used Anthropic's Claude 'In Place of Human Software Engineers' To Develop Missile Guidance Systems

Anthropic reports Yemen group used Claude AI for missile development (Credit: Henry Ridgwell VOA / Wikimedia Commons)

A weapons-development cell operating from Houthi-controlled northern Yemen used Anthropic's Claude AI 'in place of human software engineers' while developing guidance systems for rockets and missiles, according to the company's latest threat intelligence report.

Anthropic said the group was working on three weapons programmes and used Claude Code to help produce guidance, navigation and control software, the systems responsible for steering and stabilising a weapon in flight.

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