Anthropic’s Pentagon fight boosts Claude to No. 1 on app stores

Anthropic is making hay while the sun shines. The AI company’s high-stakes dispute with the Pentagon - in which it refused to allow its product to be used for autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance - generated intense mainstream media coverage and a wave of public, including from many within the artificial intelligence community. Claude rose to No. 1 in the Apple App ’s free app rankings on Sunday, February 28, and on Tuesday, March 3, it hit No. 1 in a similar ranking for the Google Play. The U. S.