US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban

The Guardian World

by Ed Pilkington

March 1, 2026

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 updates The US military reportedly used Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, to inform its attack on Iran despite Donald Trump’s decision, announced hours earlier, to sever all ties with the company and its artificial intelligence tools. The use of Claude during the massive joint US-Israel bombardment of Iran that began on Saturday was reported by the Wall Street Journal and Axios. It underlines the complexity of the US military withdrawing powerful AI tools from its missions when the technology is already intricately embedded in operations. Continue reading...

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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/1/2026