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March 1, 2026
US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban
Trump calls Anthropic a ‘Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about’
TL;DR
- The US military reportedly used Anthropic's AI model Claude during strikes on Iran, despite a ban issued by Donald Trump.
- Trump denounced Anthropic as a 'Radical Left AI company' and ordered federal agencies to stop using Claude.
- The military used Claude for intelligence gathering, target selection, and battlefield simulations.
- The Pentagon cited the difficulty of rapidly detaching military systems from widely used AI tools.
- A six-month transition period is planned, and OpenAI has agreed to provide its AI tools to the military.
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