Russians built a drone swarm with Claude that picks its own targets.
Anthropic published its most detailed misuse report on Thursday, covering attacks it caught since December 2025. Russia-based freelancers used the coding tool Claude Code to build kamikaze drones that pick targets and detonate alone. Their targeting model trained on combat footage scraped from Ukraine, and Anthropic says it shut every operation down.
Why it mattersAI has collapsed the skill gap, so one person can now run a state-sized hacking campaign. The same agent tools you use for work are on sale to everyone else too.
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