US Military Commands Quietly Using Anthropic's Claude for Operations
Military commands worldwide, including CENTCOM, have been running Anthropic's Claude AI for operational tasks.
Here's a spicy one. Military commands across the globe — including US Central Command overseeing Middle East operations — have been tapping Anthropic's Claude AI for a range of military tasks.
The revelation, reported by the Wall Street Journal, lands at a particularly awkward moment. The federal government recently announced it would cut ties with Anthropic's AI tools. Yet the military has apparently been weaving Claude into its workflows across multiple commands worldwide.
The disconnect is striking. One arm of the government moves to ditch Anthropic while another relies on it for military operations. The scope of Claude's military use remains unclear, but the fact that CENTCOM — one of the most operationally active commands — is among the users signals this isn't some niche pilot program.
Anthropic, which has long positioned itself as the "safety-first" AI lab, now finds its tech deeply embedded in defense infrastructure.