Artificial intelligence companies rushed out their chatbots for mass public use with little regard for how they would be used. This reckless push into an AI future is full of insufficient safeguards and disastrous consequences.

On Tuesday, Anthropic released a report saying that a hacker used its Claude Code chatbot to identify vulnerable companies, hack their data, and extort them for ransom. At least 17 companies were hacked, including “a defense contractor, a financial institution and multiple health care providers.” Social Security numbers and banking and medical information were compromised.