Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute

Anthropic’s chatbot Claude appears to have benefited from the eye across the firm’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.

As first reported by CNBC, as of Saturday afternoon, Claude is presently ranked quantity two amongst free apps in Apple’s US App Retailer — the primary app is OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and quantity three is Google Gemini.

Based on information from SensorTower, Claude was simply outdoors the highest 100 on the finish of January, and has spent most of February someplace within the high 20. Its rating has climbed in the previous couple of days, from sixth on Wednesday to fourth on Thursday to second on Saturday (right now).

After Anthropic tried to barter for safeguards stopping the Division of Protection from utilizing its AI fashions for mass home surveillance or totally autonomous weapons, President Donald Trump directed federal businesses to cease utilizing all Anthropic merchandise and Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth stated he’s designating the corporate a supply-chain menace.

OpenAI subsequently introduced its personal settlement with the Pentagon, which CEO Sam Altman claimed consists of safeguards associated to home surveillance and autonomous weapons.