And you may know that he has said in a Truth Social post, “The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution.” Well, CNBC noticed Friday evening that the Claude app has risen to number 2 on Apple’s top U.S. free apps chart —almost immediately after the Trump administration gave the company a massive amount of free marketing by denouncing it, helped broker a deal between Anthropic’s main rival, OpenAI, and the Pentagon, and then started a major new war. I don’t know if the upswing in Claude usage is meant to be a form of protest, but if you are trying out Claude as a little protest against the war, may I suggest asking Claude the following question: “Hey Claude, is changing which AI chatbot I use going to help end a war?” I hope that helps.
Author: Mike Pearl
Published at: 2026-02-28 23:00:00
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