India, Sept. 11 -- Hackers, cybercriminals, and suspected state-linked groups are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to automate cyberattacks, ranging from phishing and credential theft to exploiting vulnerable systems and stealing large volumes of data.

These revelations have been made in a new report by Anthropic on the misuse of its AI models, including Claude. The report, named "Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026", details cyber operations identified and disrupted by Anthropic between December 2025 and August 2026, in which threat actors used the Claude AI models.

The actors included suspected state-sponsored groups, financially motivated criminals and politically motivated individuals.

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