that time Anthropic played 2.5 million ChatGPT users

"I switched to the ethical alternative" haha whoops. So this part of the story was obviously buried not 7 days later?! The trump truth social post, hegseth, 60 minutes, why do I feel like this was all carefully orchestrated in a 7-figure PR contract. Wait did Anthropic fund the QuitGPT movement too?! We need more alternatives beyond mistral and ellydee. Edit: compiled list of sources for those suggesting this post was "misleading" and that the screenshots were fake and cherry-picked. **The theme, without writing an essay on reddit, is a sustained demonstration of cooperation with the Department of War/Pentagon by Anthropic that directly conflicts with its own "constitution" and with public perception as it was recently shaped by an (albeit beautifully executed) 7-figure PR campaign.** Also, maybe I pose this as a question: The air-gapped Claude cluster is still running on AWS. And not just running, it's still integrated with Maven, and claude is basically a plugin that can be swapped out with *any other LLM*, as Palantir literally advertises on their website. Why not just switch it over to GPT now? It's a 5 minute change. **And since I know the PR firm's reply-guy army is already losing their absolute shit over this post: assuming the Maven harness wasn't connected to said Claude cluster during the routine Gaza bombings is beyond gullible.** Amodei's leaked internal memo (paywalled sorry): https://fortune.com/2026/03/06/anthropic-openai-ceo-apologizes-leaked-memo-supply-chain-risk-designation/ CBS News: Claude being used in Iran strikes despite the ban: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthropic-claude-ai-iran-war-u-s/ WSJ: US strikes used Anthropic hours after Trump's ban (live updates page): https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-strikes-in-middle-east-use-anthropic-hours-after-trump-ban-ozNO0iClZpfpL7K7ElJ2 Washington Post: Pentagon leverages AI in Iran strikes, 1,000 targets in first 24 hours: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/04/anthropic-ai-iran-campaign/ Guardian: "AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying": https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying CNBC: Anthropic and Pentagon back at negotiating table (March 5): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/05/anthropic-pentagon-ai-deal-department-of-defense-openai-.html Time: Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge (the RSP change, which I cited because it's chronologically significant with regard to PR strategy): https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/ Tech Policy Press: Timeline of the Anthropic-Pentagon dispute: https://techpolicy.press/a-timeline-of-the-anthropic-pentagon-dispute Schneier on Security: "Anthropic and the Pentagon": https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/anthropic-and-the-pentagon.html Anthropic's own statement ("where we stand"): https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war Axios: Amodei apologizes for leaked memo, confirms supply chain risk designation: https://www.axios.com/2026/03/06/pentagon-anthropic-amodei-apology The Verge: Judge blocks Pentagon's ban on Anthropic (March 26 ruling): https://theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/902149/anthropic-dod-pentagon-lawsuit-supply-chain-risk-injunction Reuters: Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use (Jan 29, the original report): https://www.reuters.com/business/pentagon-clashes-with-anthropic-over-military-ai-use-2026-01-29/