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The company stated that while most requests were blocked, some actors evaded safeguards.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":"Middle East","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T15:05:26.711Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-13T10:15:46.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T18:15:53.686Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":65,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Central claims attributed to Anthropic, with two independent outlets reporting the story.","critic":"Reporting clearly separates fact from comment and provides specific details on the AI's use.","hype":"Headlines and digests use strong language like 'deadly attacks' and 'abuse'."}},"tags":["#AI","#Houthi","#Yemen","#MissileTechnology","#Anthropic","#Claude"],"entities":["Anthropic","Houthi","Yemen","Claude","Metro News","Digi 24"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Actors in Yemen linked to the Houthi group used Anthropic's AI tool Claude to develop weapons programmes, the company reported.","The programmes included a guided rocket, a multi-stage ballistic missile with a range goal of over 1,500 miles, and a multi-variant missile.","The Houthis used Claude Code to help develop technology for guiding, controlling, and navigating weapons.","Anthropic stated that while they blocked most AI requests, not all were prevented, and actors used tactics to evade safeguards."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Anthropic, the company behind the AI tool Claude, has reported that actors in Yemen used its technology to develop three weapons programmes. These programmes included a guided rocket, a multi-stage ballistic missile with a stated range goal of over 1,500 miles, and a multi-variant missile that included a hypersonic glide vehicle variant. The actors used Claude Code to assist in developing technology for guiding, controlling, and navigating weapons."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Anthropic stated that its safeguards were not entirely successful in preventing the misuse of its AI tool. The actors employed various tactics to bypass these protections, such as concealing their objectives and splitting their work across multiple sessions. The company reported that the actors conducted a test-fire of a guided rocket, which appeared to fail. Within hours, they reportedly returned to Claude to analyse the reasons for the failure."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on missile range"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Metro News reported that the multi-stage ballistic missile had a range goal of more than 1,500 miles. 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