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- Anthropic said in a threat report released Thursday that state-run surveillance operations around the world are using Claude to streamline their operations.
- The report identified the targets of such government surveillance as dissidents, politicians, journalists, and human rights activists, and warned that the barriers for governments interested in spying on these groups are getting lower.
Why it matters: Per Anthropic's Thursday threat report, governments worldwide are using Claude to streamline surveillance on dissidents, politicians, journalists, and human rights activists — with Anthropic itself warning that the technical barriers to state-run spying operations are now getting lower, effectively turning a commercial AI product into an accessible surveillance tool.
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