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Anthropic reveals its biological weapons filter was inactive for a year
The Decoder Anthropic's bio-weapons filter was down for nearly a year, exposing 133 million requests
Anthropic disclosed that its internal system for filtering biological and chemical weapons risks was down for nearly a year, affecting 133 million requests.
Why it matters
This failure highlights the difficulty of maintaining safety guardrails even at leading AI labs, raising concerns about the security of public models.
Latest brief · Aug 16, 2026