Anthropic report: Russian devs used Claude to build autonomous kamikaze drone swarm software
TobyWalsh · x · 2026-09-13
- Anthropic's 154-page misuse report discloses a small team of likely freelance Russian developers used Claude to build software for an autonomous FPV "kamikaze" drone swarm, covering terminal guidance, target selection, and multi-aircraft coordination — programmed to pick its own targets and crash into them without a human making the final call.
- The team repeatedly targeted a location in Ukraine's Donetsk region and used VPNs to circumvent Anthropic's geo-blocks. Toby Walsh urges the UN to regulate autonomous weapons in November.
- The report also finds cybercriminals and state-backed hackers increasingly use AI to orchestrate large portions of cyber-attacks, including against Ukrainian government, military, and diplomatic targets.
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