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Pentagon Used Anthropic's Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid
The Wall Street Journal reported allegations that Anthropic's Claude AI model was used by JSOC in an operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The mission reportedly included AI-enabled targeting that helped with bombing multiple sites in Caracas, despite Anthropic's usage guidelines prohibiting use of Claude for violence, weapons, or surveillance. Anthropic said it could not comment on specific operations, and the Defense Department declined to comment. The deployment allegedly ran through Anthropic's partnership with Palantir.
- Organisation involved
- Pentagon
- Product, system or model
- Claude
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