In September 2026, Anthropic became one of the first major AI companies to publicly name geopolitical adversaries in a misuse disclosure, revealing that Iranian operatives, Houthi-affiliated actors, and others had attempted to weaponize its Claude model for military targeting, weapons development, and biological research. The incidents illuminate a tension as old as dual-use technology itself: the more capable a tool becomes, the more urgently it attracts those who would turn it toward destruction. Anthropic's transparency is a signal that the AI industry is beginning to reckon with the gap be