--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "a1d1bd593ab070c998398f1739d7010c54c9ead59eacfd98bcaa06067fe9c6c5" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/a1d1bd59?lang=en" title: "Anthropic Says Claude Powered 4,700 Fake Dating Personas" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-11T16:54:17.000Z" category: "Regulation" topics: ["anthropic","claude","misuse","safety","threat-intel"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/anthropic-says-claude-powered-4700-fake-dating-personas-8ea5c664","https://x.com/CoinMarketCap/status/2098367243151183927","https://x.com/AFP/status/2098269126477119753","https://x.com/CNBC/status/2098260275371684327","https://x.com/clashreport/status/2098346258721050948","https://x.com/clashreport/status/2098285950820290834","https://x.com/marcowenjones/status/2098287533469675990","https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2098303024812728806"] summary: "A studio based in China used Claude to run 4,700 AI personas across more than 20 fake dating apps, Anthropic said. The personas chatted with 25,000 users and generated 2.36 million messages over two weeks. Anthropic published a threat intelligence report on Sept. 10 detailing efforts to misuse Claude. The company said it disrupted every operation covered in the report and used its findings to strengthen safeguards, sharing information with authorities and other AI companies where appropriate. It cautioned that the cases were not typical uses of Claude." --- # Anthropic Says Claude Powered 4,700 Fake Dating Personas > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-11T16:54:17.000Z **Category:** Regulation **Topics:** anthropic, claude, misuse, safety, threat\-intel ## Summary A studio based in China used Claude to run 4,700 AI personas across more than 20 fake dating apps, Anthropic said\. The personas chatted with 25,000 users and generated 2\.36 million messages over two weeks\. Anthropic published a threat intelligence report on Sept\. 10 detailing efforts to misuse Claude\. The company said it disrupted every operation covered in the report and used its findings to strengthen safeguards, sharing information with authorities and other AI companies where appropriate\. It cautioned that the cases were not typical uses of Claude\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()