U.S. Department of Defense stops using Anthropic's AI tools

A U.S. Department of Defense official told the BBC that the Pentagon has stopped using Anthropic's products. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had named Anthropic a national security supply chain risk in February and announced the Pentagon would stop using its tools by the end of August. Multiple people familiar with the matter said that until last week, Claude was still used for research, analysis, intelligence gathering, and military operations against Iran, and was embedded in the Maven Smart System data platform operated by Palantir. Earlier, the Pentagon had asked Anthropic to remove Claude's safety guardrails and give the military unrestricted access, which Anthropic refused over concerns about mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Anthropic declined to comment on the Pentagon's statement.