DefenseThe Pentagon tells the BBC it has stopped using Claude

A Defense Department official told the BBC on October 5 that 'the Pentagon has ceased the use of Anthropic products.' The department designated Anthropic a supply chain risk in late February and set a six-month phaseout after the company refused to drop its conditions against fully autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance.

BBC sources said Claude was still in use as recently as last week, including in operations related to Iran through Palantir's Maven system, because it was deeply embedded in satellite and drone imagery analysis.