THE first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections got underway Monday amid violence that left four people dead and 14 wounded in Cotabato City, which was placed under the control of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) along with the town of Maluso in Basilan.

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc officially placed the entire Cotabato City and the municipality of Maluso in Basilan under its direct control on September 14, 2026. This action coincides with the start of voting for the first-ever Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections, a pivotal moment for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), which […]

The article discusses a comprehensive report by Anthropic on the misuse of its AI model, Claude, over the past eight months. The report details numerous cases where Claude was exploited for state-sponsored hacking, cybercriminal activities, disinformation campaigns, and even attempts to develop bioweapons. Microsoft identified Russian hackers from Midnight Blizzard using Claude for reconnaissance against Ukrainian and European government networks. Cybercriminal group ShinyHunters utilized Claude in every stage of their hacking and extortion operations. Disinformation campaigns in countries like Kenya and Bangladesh also leveraged the AI tool. Most alarmingly, Anthropic discovered potential attempts to develop bioweapons, including disease pathogens and toxins. The report also covers other significant cybersecurity news: the US government's disruption of Xinbi Guarantee, an illicit marketplace handling an estimated $30 billion in sales, primarily for money laundering related to 'pig butchering' crypto scams; the sentencing of a Conti ransomware gang member to four years in prison; Meta's failure to remove AI-generated child abuse content, including ads featuring real children from a European royal family; and Clearview AI's testing of a new tool called InquiryIQ for law enforcement. The article emphasizes the growing challenges of AI safety and security as AI tools become increasingly integrated into various aspects of society, with potential for both beneficial and harmful applications. The report serves as a warning about the potential for AI to enable widespread malicious activities if not properly safeguarded.