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’US-Israel war on Iran – latest updatesThe US military reportedly used Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, to inform its attack on Iran despite Donald Trump’s decision, announced...
<p>Trump calls Anthropic a ‘Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/01/us-israel-war-on-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-i-dead-latest-reports">US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The US military reportedly used Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, to inform its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-israel-war-on-iran">attack on Iran</a> despite Donald Trump’s decision, announced hours earlier, to sever all ties with the company and its artificial intelligence tools.</p><p>The use of Claude during the massive joint US-Israel bombardment of Iran that began on Saturday was reported by the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-strikes-in-middle-east-use-anthropic-hours-after-trump-ban-ozNO0iClZpfpL7K7ElJ2?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqex8H-9SV8JQ5gJycExHA2Ke72LrejCHU5EPD85l2vj625LFVgXxOBtEKAWLm0%3D&gaa_ts=69a461e3&gaa_sig=WQ9AaUfynuU34AJB_q_ypNY2cECgpbhhmWZPvQ27hjwkhJODzR7Z-2c8RUfYIFzOthzB1K1TRoGbilv3ZDqeuA%3D%3D">Wall Street Journal</a> and <a href="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-f0954cb2-2f31-4426-87fd-050095005344.html?chunk=2&utm_term=twsocialshare#story2">Axios</a>. It underlines the complexity of the US military withdrawing powerful AI tools from its missions when the technology is already intricately embedded in operations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/01/claude-anthropic-iran-strikes-us-military">Continue reading...</a>
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