Also known as: Anthropic's Claude · Claude system
Claude — AI system operated by Anthropic, used in political influence operations and malware development attempts detected in Kenya and elsewhere.
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The Standard
… In informal chats, people are fascinated by the tricks and achievements obtained with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and in more pretentious forums, the conversation already rises toward geopolitics, the restructuring of employment, the energy challenge, the transformatio …
Why we must make truth matter againCitizen Digital
… This AI was not like the ones powering ChatGPT or Claude, but rather a physics-informed neural network (PINN) model, which combines data with the laws of physics. …
What AI means for the fate of mathematicsThe Standard
… The question has gained urgency after US-based AI company Anthropic identified a Kenya-based operation that used its Claude system to mass-produce political content, including posts praising Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi and messages portraying opposition figures as politically weakene …
AI-fuelled campaigns: How voter data security faces new testCitizen Digital
… Anthropic chief Dario Amodei, whose company makes the popular Claude AI system, opened the floodgates on Saturday when he called for AI companies to slow down. …
'I am the hoax buster': Trump rejects AI danger warningsCitizen Digital
… Aimed primarily at the Muslim Brotherhood, the operation used the company's Claude chatbot to generate reports, advocacy materials, social media content and testimony on Sudan. …
Anthropic says UAE-linked AI operation targeted UN experts over Sudan criticismCapital News
… Claude, Anthropic’s AI model was also used by actors linked to a Russia-based cyber espionage campaign and by an Iranian propaganda institution,according to its report. …
Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weaponsCapital News
… The operation, identified as GTG-54004, allegedly used Anthropic’s Claude AI model to mass-produce political content designed to create the impression of spontaneous grassroots support and opposition to various political figures. …
AI plot to divide opposition ahead of 2027 exposedCitizen Digital
… Audio By Vocalize Artificial intelligence safety research company Anthropic has shut down a Kenyan AI-driven propaganda campaign praising the government and attacking the opposition using its flagship AI model, Claude. …
Anthropic shuts down Kenyan AI-driven propaganda campaign praising government, attacking oppositionThe Standard
… What are Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other models good at? I have noted that, just like cars or browsers, we get attached to an AI model. …
Physical AI is the route to industrialisation lest we forget!Citizen Digital
… In a sign of tightening competition against Gemini, China's DeepSeek, and its San Francisco rival Anthropic, which makes Claude, ChatGPT's market share for AI assistants fell below 50 percent in the first half of the year, according to research firm Sensor Tower, which uses compa …
Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion usersAn opinion piece warns that AI-driven misinformation is among the most severe short-term threats to global stability, as artificial intelligence makes it possible to produce fake images, videos, audio, and texts at speed, cost, and scale previously unimaginable.
25 September 2026 · The Standard →
An opinion piece warns that AI-driven misinformation is among the most severe short-term threats to global stability, as artificial intelligence makes it possible to produce fake images, videos, audio, and texts at speed, cost, and scale previously unimaginable.
25 September 2026 · The Standard →
OpenAI used thousands of AI agents working together to solve the Navier-Stokes equations in four days, a problem generations of mathematicians have attempted to tackle. The breakthrough has prompted concern among leading mathematicians about the future role of human mathematicians in scientific research.
17 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenya's data protection watchdog faces questions about how far campaigners can go using personal data to target political messages, after US-based AI company Anthropic identified a Kenya-based operation using its Claude system to mass-produce political content praising Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi and portraying opposition figures as weakened ahead of the 2027 General Election.
16 September 2026 · The Standard →
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rejected fears that artificial intelligence could threaten humanity, calling them a hoax and dismissing global calls for safeguards on the technology. He compared AI warnings to climate change concerns and past Russia investigations, and argued that a "strong and smart president" was the only guardrail needed.
15 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Anthropic said it detected and disrupted a UAE-linked influence operation that targeted the Muslim Brotherhood and UN experts critical of Abu Dhabi's alleged role in Sudan's conflict. The operation used Claude to generate reports, advocacy materials, social media content and testimony on Sudan since April 2023.
12 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for malicious activity that could support biological weapons development, according to its threat intelligence report. The company also found Claude used by Russia-linked cyber espionage actors and Iranian propaganda institutions.
11 September 2026 · Capital News →
An artificial intelligence-driven influence operation allegedly used Anthropic's Claude AI model to mass-produce social media posts targeting former President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua while promoting Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi, according to a threat intelligence report by Anthropic. The operation generated batches of tweets designed to portray the United Opposition as fractured and on the verge of collapse ahead of Kenya's 2027 General Election.
11 September 2026 · Capital News →
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence safety research company, shut down a Kenyan AI-driven propaganda campaign that used its Claude model to praise the government and attack the opposition. The company published a detailed threat intelligence report exposing sophisticated misuse attempts across cyberattacks, coordinated influence operations, surveillance, biology, and weapons development.
11 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence, which relies on processing data from multiple sources through computer chips and data centres, mimics natural intelligence and should be leveraged as a pathway to industrialisation in Kenya.
18 August 2026 · The Standard →
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, making it the company's fastest-growing product ever and the 14th Google product to reach a billion users. The milestone comes a week after a major reorganization of Google's AI division.
12 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on the future of artificial intelligence calling for the US to compete against China, prevent "government tyranny" over AI, and ensure "superintelligence" technology becomes available to everyone. He argues the solution includes "open" weight models that allow users to download the rules governing how an AI system behaves, contrasting with competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic that focus on closed AI models.
11 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Young people protesting in New Delhi over education system changes and exam irregularities found workarounds like peer-to-peer messaging when India's government cut mobile internet services for eight hours within 1.5 kilometres of the protest site.
25 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Microsoft launched Microsoft Frontier Company, backed by $2.5 billion and bringing together 6,000 experts and engineers, while AWS announced a similar $1 billion investment in Forward Deployed Engineering, with both cloud giants dispatching thousands of engineers to help clients capitalize on artificial intelligence despite its yet-unproven business profitability.
3 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The US Department of Justice revealed in a legal briefing that Elon Musk's AI tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran. The disclosure came in defense of gas turbines powering xAI's data center, which is the subject of an environmental lawsuit; federal prosecutors cited Pentagon AI chief Cameron Stanley's testimony that Grok is already in use within Project Maven, the US military's AI-assisted targeting program.
17 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A US judge fined a lawyer and ordered mandatory AI training after finding AI-generated fabricated quotes in a legal brief; the incident is part of a rising tide of AI "hallucinations" in legal documents that courts are now working to curtail.
15 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Generative AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Claude, and others are being used to forecast the 2026 FIFA World Cup outcomes, with different systems predicting Spain, France, and Argentina as victors. The trend marks the first World Cup with widely available AI systems making predictions, a departure from Paul the Octopus, who gained fame for divining World Cup winners in 2010.
13 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI has confidentially submitted an S-1 registration statement to US securities regulators, following Anthropic's similar filing the previous week. Both companies are seeking to raise capital for expansion, though OpenAI said it has not decided on timing for any potential debut.
9 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Pope Leo XIV will release an encyclical titled "Magnifica Humanitas" addressing ethical and social challenges posed by artificial intelligence, with experts including Anthropic's co-founder present at the Vatican presentation. The Pope has previously denounced the militarization of AI, warning against delegating life-and-death decisions to machines.
25 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →