Anthropic's AI tool Claude central to U.S. campaign in Iran, amid a bitter feud

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"In order to strike a blistering 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced artificial intelligence it's ever used in warfare" "Embedded into [Palantir's Maven Smart System] is Anthropic's AI tool Claude, a technology that was banned by the Pentagon last week after heated negotiations over the terms of its use in war. Over the last year military planners have seen Claude, paired with Maven, mature into a tool that is in daily use across most parts of the military, according to two of the people."

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The original Maven was a Google project but pressure led to Google backing out. Palantir’s version of Maven evolved from the original and controversial Project Maven, which was launched in 2017 to use then-cutting edge artificial intelligence algorithms to find potential targets in “overhead imagery” -- largely drone and satellite imagery — that was coming in too fast for harried human analysts. While Google (temporarily) dropped out of the program over anti-war objections from its workforce, other tech firms helped add more capabilities to Maven, with Palantir taking the lead with its prototype award in 2021. From https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/new-contract-expands-mav...