Houthis used Claude Code to develop missile guidance software: Anthropic

Post by dismalaf » Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC

chrisjj wrote: post #65

dismalaf wrote: post #17

If Anthropic has all this data that Claude was being used by the Houthis to develop a missile guidance system, why the fuck did they allow it? Linux follows international sanctions in not allowing citizens of certain countries to be involved in any way, why isn't Anthropic following the law? Also, why will Anthropic end a session when you use colourful language to admonish it yet apparently just knowingly allows terr…

> If Anthropic has all this data that Claude was being used by the Houthis to develop a missile guidance system, why the fuck did they allow it? Following Dept of War orders?

Post by jerf » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC

vinyl7 wrote: post #88

jerf wrote: post #33

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It already exists, you're describing the open weights AI. The only reason they aren't "dark" at the moment is that it has no reason to be dark. In the fullness of time, though, we'll also see previous-gen frontier models leak out of their labs and then get their censorship removed. It won't be as good as never having had it in the first place but it'll work just fine. It is likely a momentary and transient occurrance…

With all technology for the past 25 years people have said "You can just run your own" and that has worked approximately zero times.

Post by missedthecue » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 4:32 AM UTC

jjk166 wrote: post #83

missedthecue wrote: post #68

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Making rockets that are computer guided in any way except for "vertical stabilization" is a felony in the US, so DARPA would need to be involved to hand out waivers.

No it isn't. Guidance systems are perfectly legal. The FAA has some common sense restrictions like "you can't fly it at an airplane" or "you can't fly it over a crowd" or "you can't attach an explosive charge" but the only point to point flight profile that is illegal is that you can't launch into another country's territory. And of course these restrictions are on the flights themselves, not on the capabilities of t…

Post by jjk166 » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC

missedthecue wrote: post #95

jjk166 wrote: post #83

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No it isn't. Guidance systems are perfectly legal. The FAA has some common sense restrictions like "you can't fly it at an airplane" or "you can't fly it over a crowd" or "you can't attach an explosive charge" but the only point to point flight profile that is illegal is that you can't launch into another country's territory. And of course these restrictions are on the flights themselves, not on the capabilities of t…

Yes it is. Building something explicitly designed as a guided ground-to-ground weapon (even with no payload) is an NFA destructive device. Without proper clearance, that's a felony, up to 10 year prison sentence, and up to $250k fine. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5845