Noontime News Recap: Ukraine under fresh attack as oil heads for $100 and Iran medicine shortages deepen
Russian strikes killed five people in Pavlohrad in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, where officials said drones, artillery and aerial bombs also hit Kyiv and Dnipro, underlining a wider wave of attacks across the country. 🔗Pavlohrad is marking a day of mourning after the deadly strike, and Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of intensifying attacks on civilian infrastructure as the toll from the assault rose to five. 🔗In the Black Sea near Odesa, two Azerbaijani sailors were killed when a tugboat was hit by drones, the latest attack on civilian shipping in waters already under pressure from the war. 🔗Oil prices eased on... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 11 Sep 2026 12:23 LONDON
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Anthropic says AI models were used in state surveillance campaigns targeting dissidents
Anthropic says it has disrupted several state-sponsored surveillance operations that used its artificial intelligence models to target dissidents and minority communities. The company said the campaigns were detected and stopped between January and July, and that they originated in China, Iran and West Africa. According to the disclosure, the operations focused on diaspora communities, including Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, Tibetan and Falun Gong communities, and Iranian opponents living abroad.The company said one Iranian-linked case involved actors developing a method to identify people through their social media accounts. In another case, a contractor working for Malian national security authorities used the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Sep 2026 10:06 LONDON
Anthropic says its AI models were misused in attempts linked to biological weapons research
Anthropic said it has disrupted several attempts to use its artificial intelligence models for research that could help develop biological weapons. The company said the cases were identified over the past eight months and were set out in a report published on Thursday. It said the misuse involved its Claude chatbot and other models, and that it acted cautiously where it could not determine whether the work was legitimate or malicious.One case in May involved a scientist seeking help with a grant application to engineer mutations to chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus, in a way that would make it more harmful... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Sep 2026 09:31 LONDON
