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AXIOS (Madison Mills) - Anthropic says latest model could be misused for "heinous crimes" like chemical weapons

Anthropic's latest models display some vulnerability to being used in "heinous crimes," including the development of chemical weapons, the company said in a new sabotage report released late Tuesday. Why it matters: Increasingly powerful AI models also mean heightened scrutiny of the potential for disastrous behavior. What they're saying: "In newly-developed evaluations, both Claude Opus 4.5 and 4.6 showed elevated susceptibility to harmful misuse" in certain computer use settings, Anthropic said. - "This included instances of knowingly supporting — in small ways — efforts toward chemical weapon development and other heinous crimes." The big picture: The risk assessment looked at actions taken largely by models themselves, without…