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Anthropic Deploys NNSA-Informed AI Tool to Flag Risky Nuclear-Related Chats

The classifier, built with DOE national labs, reports 96% accuracy in preliminary tests.

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Overview

  • Anthropic has deployed the classifier on its Claude service to monitor conversations about nuclear topics.
  • The system was developed with the National Nuclear Security Administration and Energy Department national laboratories using agency-curated risk indicators.
  • Validation relied on more than 300 synthetic prompts generated to protect user privacy, according to the company.
  • Early deployment data indicates strong performance on real Claude conversations, Anthropic said.
  • The company warns the tool can produce false positives and says other providers could implement it.