US EditionPentagon Used Anthropic's Claude AI During Iran Strike Hours After Trump Ordered Ban: Report - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)
Anthropic’s Claude AI supported intelligence and targeting in Tehran strike despite a federal ban last week, with Pentagon citing slow replacement and contract disputes.
- Last week the U.S. military used Anthropic's Claude AI to plan a major airstrike against Tehran, the Wall Street Journal reported citing anonymous sources.
- Last week, the Trump administration ordered all federal agencies to stop working with Anthropic after contract talks failed over Pentagon usage rights.
- Commands worldwide, including U.S. Central Command, employed Claude for intelligence assessments, targeting and battlefield simulations, while Centcom declined to comment on specific systems in operations against Iran.
- The Department of Defense reached out to OpenAI and xAI, and the administration instructed the Pentagon to designate Anthropic a security threat and a risk to its defence supply chain.
- Officials warn fully replacing Claude could take months, and military officials and AI experts say its use shows Claude AI is already integrated into U.S. military operations.
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The Wall Street Journal revealed that the Pentagon used Anthropic's AI engine to identify targets and simulate battles - The company has been at loggerheads with the Trump administration in recent months over how the engine is used
Anthropic did not allow the Pentagon to use its AI without restrictions, and on Friday, Trump ordered all federal agencies not to use the technology.
USA is relying on AI for attacks: Anthropic's Claude is used despite boycott in Iran's conflict.
The US reportedly used Anthropic's AI for its attack on Iran, just after banning it
In a lengthy post on Truth Social on February 27, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to "immediately cease all use of Anthropic's technology" following strong disagreements between the Department of Defense and the AI company. A few hours later, the US conducted a major air attack on Iran with the help of Anthropic's AI tools, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The president noted in his post that there would be a "six…
The U.S. government used artificial intelligence tools from the Anthropic company in an air strike in Iran, a few hours after President Donald Trump ordered the suspension of the use of that technology in all federal agencies, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the U.S. newspaper, military commanders around the world, including the U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use the Anthropic Claude tool. People familiar with the issue …
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