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Anthropic said it detected the use of its artificial intelligence models in activities that could support the development of biological weapons, including planning experiments on the adaptation of avian influenza to mammals and computationally redesigning toxins. The company announced that it had banned the accounts involved and strengthened its safeguards, while emphasizing that detecting these cases does not necessarily prove criminal intent on the part of those involved.