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Anthropic's Claude tops app charts after Pentagon blacklist

Claude, Anthropic's AI chatbot, has rocketed to the number one spot on Apple's US app store after the Pentagon blacklisted it for refusing to shed its ethics guardrails — then turned around and contracted OpenAI for classified military work instead. The backlash appears to have made Claude a cause célèbre among civilians uncomfortable with AI being deployed in warfare, dethroning ChatGPT within a single day. The episode has also reignited debate over how AI companies navigate government defence contracts, with Al Jazeera reporting US forces used a banned AI system in the Iran strikes.

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Anthropic’s AI model Claude gets popularity boost after US military feud

The Guardian · Mar 2

Mar 2

What dangers does the Iran war pose for Israel?

Al Jazeera · 9:38 PM

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