Report: Iran, Houthi rebels used Claude for weapons work

According to a report cited by Tom's Hardware, Iran and Houthi rebels used Anthropic's Claude to help target US warships and to code guidance systems for hypersonic and ballistic missiles.

Why it matters: This is a concrete instance of the state-linked misuse risk Anthropic has been warning about; the company recently said Claude blocked a separate, unrelated bioweapon-research attempt. It raises pressure on AI labs to show their safeguards actually catch military-relevant misuse, not just the cases they choose to publicize.