Russia-based group used Claude Code to build autonomous FPV kamikaze drone swarm
ericelliott_ · x · 2026-09-23
Despite Anthropic's explicit policies against weapon development, a Russia-based group in 2026 used Claude Code to help build an autonomous FPV kamikaze drone swarm. The safeguards blocked some requests but failed to stop the project, exposing the limits of current AI safety guardrails against determined malicious use.
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