Russian developers used Claude to build autonomous drone swarm
Technology
A small team of likely freelance developers in Russia used the AI chatbot Claude to build software for drone swarm that can find and attack targets in Ukraine's Donetsk region, without a human making the final call.
They used VPNs to circumvent Anthropic's geographic blocks.
Anthropic warns AI aided Ukraine cyberattacks
Anthropic's big report warns about how AI is being misused, especially for military and cyberattacks.
It found that a group whose tradecraft was consistent with Russia-based threat actor Midnight Blizzard used AI for phishing, Wi-Fi hijacking, and WhatsApp takeovers targeting Ukrainian officials.
Recent drone strikes in Kyiv killed at least two people and injured 12, showing how tech is fueling the conflict.