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This story has the most details I’ve seen yet on exactly how the military uses Claude.
As planning for a potential strike in Iran was underway, Maven, powered by Claude, suggested hundreds of targets, issued precise location coordinates, and prioritized those targets according to importance, said two of the people. The pairing of Maven and Claude has created a tool that is speeding the pace of the campaign, reducing Iran’s ability to counterstrike and turning weeks-long battle planning into real-time operations, said one of the people. The AI tools also evaluate a strike after it is initiated, the person said.
And this:
The Pentagon began to integrate Anthropic’s Claude chatbot into Maven in late 2024, according to public announcements. The system has been used to generate proposed targets, to track logistics and provide summaries of intelligence coming in from the field.
Here’s how NATO’s version looks, according to a video they recently posted. Unclear if the U.S. version is similar. Apparently you can ask the system questions like “Can you explain the targets on this map?”
Really great reporting by Tara Copp, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Ian Duncan. Gift link
The best story I’ve seen yet on the Anthropic-Pentagon showdown
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