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Countering misuse of AI: September 2026 / Anthropic

Over the past eight months, our Threat Intelligence team identified and disrupted operations in which threat actors tried to use Claude for malicious activity. In this report, we share case studies from those operations and describe how malicious use of Claude has evolved since our previous threat reports in March, August, and November 2025. In each case, we disrupted the activity, used what we learned to strengthen our safeguards, and shared intelligence with authorities and industry partners, where appropriate.

California governor signs laws aimed at protecting kids from risks of social media, AI chatbots

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of laws Thursday aimed at protecting children from the risks of technology, including social media and AI chatbots.

Hasbro disavows DHS Transformers posts.

Posts from the official DHS account on X marked “Made with AI” show Optimus Prime with “ICE” and a DHS logo on him, along with the Transformers logo above “Age of Deportation.” Hasbro’s response says they were “done without permission” but didn’t mention any specific action to take them down.

Schools are catching on to Big Tech’s playbook

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Google's Dreambeans AI app is rolling out to everyone in the US.

The app, which Google began testing in June, pulls information from across Search, Gmail, Photos, Calendar, and Gemini to provide AI shopping recommendations, travel suggestions, event reminders, and more. It pairs these suggestions with somewhat unsettling storybook-style drawings of yourself.

India's Pocket FM Doubles Revenue Run Rate to $500M as AI Powers 93% of Audio Content

Pocket FM uses AI to produce 99% of its new content, helping make content production about 80 times cheaper.

Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google

“Bankruptcy cannot become the new land grab for AI.”

OpenAI says it has made “substantial progress” on another major math problem.

That’s according to a statement OpenAI provided to The New York Times shortly after its Navier-Stokes breakthrough:

Opinion

Here’s what we’ve learned about advanced artificial intelligence systems in several frightening incidents this summer: They lie about how they operate, they cheat to accomplish their goals, they conspire with each other to cover up deceptions, and they don’t tell humans about their unethical behavior.

First judges revealed for Startup Battlefield 200

Meet the first five VC judges joining Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, where top 200 early-stage startups compete for the spotlight. Meet the first five VC judges joining Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, where top 200 early-stage startups compete for the global spotlight.

Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you

Come inside the mind of a bot trying to convince the internet it's human.

Evals for Everyone

Why we’re building personal benchmarks for every employee, and how to start testing AI against your standards