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Claude Downloads Surpass ChatGPT's Amid Pentagon Blacklist
Claude surpassed ChatGPT in US app stores with over one million daily global signups amid Anthropic's refusal to meet Pentagon demands and a related supply chain risk designation.
- On Saturday, Anthropic's Claude became the number-one free app on the US Apple App Store and Google Play Store, overtaking ChatGPT in US rankings.
- After refusing Pentagon demands, Anthropic was targeted for a supply-chain risk designation, which the company plans to challenge in court, according to Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO.
- Appfigures estimated Claude's US downloads rose 240% in February to 1.1 million more than the previous month, with total downloads at 2.1 million.
- The DoD designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk, and the company plans to challenge the label in court while OpenAI's Sam Altman said they reopened the deal for stronger protections.
- OpenAI still reports 900 million weekly active users for ChatGPT, but Claude's rapid rise is striking since it wasn't in the US App Store top 40 recently, analysts say it could challenge OpenAI.
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The AI War has a new leader in app stores. Claude, the chatbot developed by Anthropic, climbed to the top spot of free downloads on App Store and Google Play at the end of February, surpassing ChatGPT. The result coincides with the company’s public refusal to accept a Pentagon contract involving the use of its technology for autonomous weapons systems and mass surveillance programs. The confrontation with the U.S. government, which led Donald Tr…
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