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Pentagon says it has stopped using Anthropic’s products

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Source: BBC via MyJoyOnline

A Department of War official told the BBC the department has ceased the use of Anthropic products, months after Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk and set a six-month phase-out deadline on 27 February. Sources told the BBC that Claude had been embedded in Palantir’s Maven Smart System, the Pentagon’s main platform for organising intelligence. The dispute began when Anthropic refused to lift usage limits that it said guard against mass surveillance and autonomous weapons; its lawsuit over the designation continues.

Why it matters

The US military has cut out the AI company whose usage limits it objected to, while Anthropic’s court challenge to the label goes on.

When
5 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0240
Who
U.S. Department of War, Anthropic, Palantir; Pete Hegseth

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from BBC via MyJoyOnline. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 10 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2026-0240: “Pentagon says it has stopped using Anthropic’s products.” wheresthe.ai, 5 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-dow-ceases-use-of-anthropic-products-2026-10/ (source: BBC via MyJoyOnline).

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