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September 18, 2026

Anthropic loosens Claude's biology safeguards for vetted researchers

Also: RFK Jr tells anti-vaccine conference he is their 'friend at the White House' as measles deaths rise‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Friday 18 September 2026

Biosecurity
Anthropic loosens Claude's biology safeguards for vetted researchers
Anthropic introduced the Life Sciences Verification Program (LSVP) on 17 September 2026, giving vetted life science professionals access to its Mythos, Opus and Sonnet models under what the company called a refined set of safeguards more permissive for biology-related work.

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