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Anthropic's bio-weapons filter was down for nearly a year, exposing 133 million requests

Anthropic's internal filtering system for biological and chemical weapons risks was inactive for nearly a year, during which time about 50,000 external feedback contractors ran approximately 133 million unfiltered interactions with the models, according to a safety report from Anthropic.

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In a safety report, Anthropic reveals that its internal filtering system for biological and chemical weapons risks was inactive for nearly a year. During that time, around 50,000 external feedback contractors ran about 133 million unfiltered interactions with the models.

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