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U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic (AI), Hours After Trump Ban
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-strikes-in-middle-east-use-anthropic-hours-after-trump-ban-ozNO0iClZpfpL7K7ElJ2Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools.
Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic’s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran.
The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.
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Claude’s use in high-profile missions, such as the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, shows why the administration said it would take six months to phase out the technology—a complicated process given how it is used by partners including data-mining firm Palantir.
Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic’s Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran.
The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.
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Claude’s use in high-profile missions, such as the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, shows why the administration said it would take six months to phase out the technology—a complicated process given how it is used by partners including data-mining firm Palantir.
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Genuine idiots using artificial intelligence... I guess that's how we get schools as targets.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/2/28/backpacks-schoolbooks-seen-amid-rubble-of-iranian-girls-school