Anthropic Is Cashing In on OpenAI's Pentagon Deal
AdWeek: “The timing of the promotion is opportunistic. Last week, Claude shot to the top of app store ratings, hitting #1 in the free app category in the U.S. on iOS after Anthropic refused to budge in the Pentagon's pressure campaign against the company. The company's CEO Dario Amodei said Anthropic would not allow its tech to be used for mass surveillance of American citizens or to develop autonomous weaponry, rejecting an ultimatum levied against the lab by DoD Secretary Pete Hegseth. In response, President Trump barred the use of Anthropic products by the U.S. government. On the same day, rival OpenAI swooped in and secured a contract with the DoD.”