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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.