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OpenAI secured a Pentagon deal, sparking backlash and shifting some users' loyalties to Anthropic's rival Claude chatbot.
According to Downdetector data, around 70% of complaints were related to Claude Chat, while 16% flagged issues with the mobile app and 14% with Claude Code. Several users also took to social media to report errors,
Altman’s announcement came not long after President Trump “ordered” every federal agency to immediately stop using Anthropic's technology.
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Anthropic's Claude sees 'elevated errors' as it tops Apple's free apps after Pentagon clash
The app surged to the top free app on Apple's App Store after Anthropic clashed with the Department of Defense over limits for the technology.
When Hegseth and Amodei met Tuesday, military officials warned that they could designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, cancel its contract or invoke a Cold War-era law called the Defense Production Act to give the military more sweeping authority to use its products, even if the company doesn’t approve.
Anthropic's Claude AI leads US app downloads, surpassing ChatGPT, following the Pentagon's blacklist due to refusal to ease safeguards for military use of its AI model.
The U.S. government's decision to grant a six-month transition period after blacklisting Anthropic suggests its Claude AI model was deeply embedded in Pentagon systems, according to investor Michael Burry.
The Pentagon previously requested Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI allow the use of their AI models for “all lawful purposes,” to which Anthropic put up the most resistance over fears its AI models could be used for autonomous weapons systems and mass domestic surveillance.