US Orders Palantir to Remove Anthropic AI from Maven System

Palantir Technologies must replace components of its key military software platform built with artificial intelligence from Anthropic, following a U.S. government directive to sever ties with the AI developer amid a dispute over safety protocols. The order, issued last week by President Donald Trump, stems from an impasse between Anthropic and the Pentagon regarding the company's policies on autonomous weapons and government surveillance.

Palantir's Maven Smart System, a core tool for intelligence analysis and weapons targeting used by the U.S. military, incorporates multiple prompts and workflows developed using Anthropic's Claude AI model, according to two people familiar with the matter. The company holds contracts related to Maven with the Defense Department and other national security agencies valued at more than $1 billion. Replacing the Claude components will require rebuilding parts of the software, though the timeline remains unclear.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth emphasized the urgency of the change in a statement last week, saying, "Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial...