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  1. Anthropic News Oct 14, 2026
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    Anthropic details the strengthening of Claude's protections against abuse linked to the US midterm elections.

    • Requests breaking election integrity rules appear in about 0.002% of conversations.

    • According to tests by the ISD and the McCain Institute, Claude could miss a malicious campaign split into harmless queries.

    • New classifiers aim to better spot novel and multi-step abuse, including fake news sites.

    • A fake news site run from abroad used Claude to promote Russian, Iranian and North Korean narratives.

    Read the original article Preparing for the 2026 US midterms anthropic.com