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- Anthropic said in a threat report released Thursday that state-run surveillance operations worldwide are using Claude to streamline their surveillance work.
- Claude is being deployed by governments to monitor dissidents, politicians, journalists, and human rights activists, according to the report.
- Anthropic warned that the barriers for governments interested in conducting this kind of surveillance are getting low.
Why it matters: As barriers to AI-powered surveillance fall, dissidents, journalists, and human rights activists face expanded monitoring by governments worldwide — a disclosure that puts Anthropic, Claude's maker, in the awkward position of flagging its own product's misuse.
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