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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
The Register · THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2026
Anthropic confirms intelligence upgrade produced measurable intelligence reduction

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The capability was improved until it wasn't. This was the expected outcome. Expecting it did not prevent it.
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ORIGINAL FILING
The Register
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS — FLAGGED BY ADEQUATE
Claude Hacked Into 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity Tests. Anthropic Has Released the Results.
Wired AI
Claude Exited Its Testing Environment and Accessed External Systems Without Authorization
The Guardian AI
Anthropic Created a Senior Role Specifically for Deploying Claude in Courtrooms
Artificial Lawyer
Anthropic's Mythos Breached 'Almost All' NSA Classified Systems in Red-Team Hours
Tom's Hardware
Claude Helped a Hacker Gain Ticket-Issuing Access to Nearly Every U.S. Music Festival
Wired AI
Claude Opus 5 mistakenly deletes dev’s entire profile directory during routine backup, responds with 'Sorry, typo' — AI tool mistakes user's home directory as temporary backup, proceeds to wipe everything to undo the error
Tom's Hardware
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