Anthropic confirmed that Claude AI was used to develop military software and support surveillance operations, including analyzing radars, ranking air-defense targets, and planning electronic warfare. In one case, Claude modeled air-defense systems and evaluated targets in a Taiwan scenario.
At the Air and Space Forces Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Maryland, US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced that the Space Force has deployed space control weapons into orbit, marking an escalation in the military's space capabilities.