9 October 2026

Pentagon stops using Anthropic's AI models, officials confirm

First reported

Transformer ran this on 9 October.

The US Department of Defense has confirmed it no longer uses AI models from Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot.
The report is short and does not give a reason for the change or describe any replacement.
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Our read

Only Transformer covered this story out of 30 newsletters tracked, and it follows the Pentagon's clash with Anthropic over its status reported on 2026-09-04 and a federal judge overturning the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic on 2026-08-28.

Earlier on this story

Sep 4Pentagon and Commerce Department clash over Anthropic's status
Aug 28Federal judge overturns Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic

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Pentagon confirming end of Anthropic model use