AI apocalypse? Anthropic flags bid to help make biological weapons, Altman open to slow down

Anthropic said it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons, even as OpenAI’s Sam Altman reportedly said the firm was open to slowing development of its systems amid growing concern about the safety of advanced AI.

As AI models grow more powerful, elaborate cyberattacks no longer require sophisticated skills and even lone individuals can create threats that would not have been possible even a year ago, Anthropic said.