{"id":521334,"date":"2026-03-06T00:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/521334\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:04:15","slug":"katy-perry-has-chosen-her-side-in-ai-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/521334\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry has chosen her side in AI battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ChatGPT\u2019s biggest rival has exploded in popularity after it was black-listed by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands have reported issues with Claude AI over the last week as users flooded the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Many described an inability to access Claude AI and other apps owned by the San Francisco start-up Anthropic. <\/p>\n<p>The most recent outage occurred on Monday and lasted for two hours and 45 minutes, blocking many users from accessing the chat bot, console and code features. <\/p>\n<p>Since Feb 25, Claude has experienced service interruptions almost everyday which have lasted up to six hours. <\/p>\n<p>Anthropic spokesperson, Amie Rotherham, said the company has \u201cseen incredible demand for Claude\u201d and they are \u201cdoing everything (they) can\u201d to scale the infrastructure. <\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seek.com.au\/career-advice\/article\/essential-workplace-skills-in-the-age-of-ai?tracking=DAC-NES-NWS-newscorp_hyperlink-40150&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_source=newscorp&amp;utm_campaign=newscorp_hyperlink\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.seek.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">6 essential workplace skills in the age of AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It comes after the AI interface has skyrocketed in popularity and overtaken ChatGPT as the most downloaded Apple Store app in the US. <\/p>\n<p>The triumph occurred on Saturday night, just one day after Donald Trump ordered government agencies to stop using the platform. <\/p>\n<p>The row exploded after CEO Dario Amodei refused to back down over the US government\u2019s use of his company\u2019s technology for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. <\/p>\n<p>He said the technology wasn\u2019t good reliable enough for the weapons and that mass surveillance was a human rights issue.<\/p>\n<p>In a post to Truth Social, Trump said \u201cthe United States of America will never allow a radical left, woke company to dictate how our great military fights and wins wars\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the department of war, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our constitution.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In response, Athrophic CEO Dario Amodei released a statement to explain that months of discussions had \u201creached an impasse over two exceptions\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Amodei said the company \u201csupports all lawful uses of AI for national security\u201d but objects to \u201cthe mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after negotiations fell through on Friday, Open AI\u2019s CEO Sam Altan announced their company had made its own deal with the federal government. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Wall Street Journal the US military allegedly still used Claude to inform its attack on Iran over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Recent events have seen a stream of ChatGPT users convert to Claude over concerns the platform may be allowing the two exemptions Mr Amodei alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Katy Perry even took to social media to share a screenshot of her annual Claude Pro subscription with a heart drawn around it, simply captioned \u201cdone\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>There has reportedly been more than a 60% increase in free Claude users since January this year, however, last weekend marks a peak in downloads. <\/p>\n<p>Claude AI sits at the third most downloaded Apple Store app in Australia after launching in the country just earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p>An Anthropic spokesperson confirmed the AI tool is in the top ten productivity apps on IOS in over 100 countries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ChatGPT\u2019s biggest rival has exploded in popularity after it was black-listed by the Pentagon. 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