Pentagon Officially Removes Anthropic's Claude from Military Systems Months After Ban

The US Department of Defense confirmed it officially stopped using Anthropic’s Claude AI tools following a prolonged phase-out driven by an ethical dispute over military safety guardrails. Claude’s deep integration inside Palantir’s Maven Smart System delayed the removal, leading the Pentagon to expand contracts with OpenAI, Google, and xAI instead. The US Department of Defense officially confirmed it stopped using AI tools from Anthropic, ending months of speculation about whether military analysts were still relying on the company’s popular Claude model.

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