Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems

BBC - Oct 9, 2026

The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.

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P7 DarkSword iOS Exploit Kit Adds Crypto Wallet Data Theft and Remote Commands

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a previously unseen variant of the DarkSword iOS exploit kit called P7 DarkSword. "Compared with the variants we usually observe, P7 reduces its on-device footprint, adds on-device keychain and crypto-wallet theft, and adds two way C2 communication with the attacker's infrastructure," iVerify said in a new report published Thursday. The name

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Mysterious NASA Mars photo fuels wild claim of a lost civilization on the Red Planet

An image of Mars taken by NASA has sparked theories that the agency captured ruins of a lost civilization on the Red Planet.

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Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules

The camera-maker says it is now re-evaluating the rules and procedures of its Small World in Motion contest.

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System-wide outage hits Southwest Airlines as departures reportedly halted across US

A systems outage has disrupted series on Southwest flights, reportedly leaving travelers stuck at airports throughout the US.

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Flock offers voluntary separation packages to staff amid camera backlash

The automated license plate reader (ALPR) firm Flock Safety has offered employees voluntary separation packages ahead of its "next phase of growth," as the firm faces mounting scrutiny from communities and policymakers across the country. "Flock recently offered current employees a generous Voluntary Separation Program as part of our efforts to position the company for...

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Hurricane Isaias strengthens as it heads towards land

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Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

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Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.

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Anthropic claims Chinese AI firms secretly use Claude. Is it true?

Did Chinese AI companies secretly tap US models to close the technology gap? That is the central question hanging over China’s tech sector following a wave of allegations from Washington and American AI lab Anthropic. According to a joint advisory by the National Security Agency, FBI, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency last month, Chinese AI developers have been systematically extracting capabilities from US frontier models to reduce their own computing, electricity and...

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