Experts cast doubt over Anthropic claims that Claude was hijacked to automate cyberattacks

• Anthropic claimed it observed an AI cyberattack without substantial human intervention
• Experts say this claim is likely inflated with human intervention downplayed
• The reports only outline what security professionals already know: AI tools speed up the attack process.

Anthropic recently reported Chinese hackers had hijacked its Claude platform to launch fully AI-orchestrated cyberattacks - but this claim has since been met with skepticism in the cybersecurity community.

It seems likely that, although AI did carry out a significant portion of the attack (roughly 80-90%), the technology still needed vital human input - since AI cannot ‘think’ for itself, it can only copy.

Some researchers believe this is just a marketing tactic to inflate the perceived capabilities of AI, or perhaps some fear mongering to feed narrative around the US v China AI race.