Oct 6 2026

US official says the Defense Department has stopped using Anthropic's tools

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Original reporting

BBC sources say Claude was in use as recently as last week, including in operations against Iran, seven months after the supply-chain-risk designation and five weeks after a court ruled it unconstitutional.

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Anthropic holds the Sonnet 5 price increase · 70%, resolves November 30th 2026
Anthropic IPOs before OpenAI · 75%, resolves August 6th 2027
Anthropic keeps Model 2 unreleased through February 2027 · 70%, resolves March 1st 2027
A second flagship API adopts time-of-day pricing · 55%, resolves February 17th 2027
Anthropic runs no production traffic on Fractile silicon in 2027 · 70%, resolves December 31st 2027
Broadcom's Anthropic chip financing closes at $60 billion or more · 65%, resolves June 30th 2027

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