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Claude AI, the Iran Strikes, and the Battle Over Who Controls Artificial Intelligence in Warfare

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On February 28, 2026, two events unfolded simultaneously that will likely shape the future of artificial intelligence, military strategy, and technology ethics for years to come. The United States and Israel launched major military strikes against Iran, hitting targets across 24 of the country's 31 provinces. And in Washington, President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to immediately cease using the AI tools of Anthropic, the San Francisco-based company behind the Claude family of large language models. What made the situation extraordinary was not either event on its own, but the fact that the US military continued using Claude during the Iran operation for hours after the ban was declared. According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed by multiple outlets including Axios and Cybernews, US Central Command in the Middle East deployed Anthropic's Claude AI for intelligence assessments, target identification, and the simulation of combat scenarios duri...

Why Apple Is Paying Google One Billion Dollars a Year to Fix Siri

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For over a decade, Siri has been one of the most recognised yet most criticised products in the technology industry. Introduced in 2011 as a revolutionary voice assistant capable of understanding natural language and acting on it intelligently, Siri quickly became a punchline. Updates came slowly, reliability remained inconsistent, and as competitors including Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and more recently ChatGPT demonstrated what genuinely intelligent voice and text assistants could do, Apple's flagship assistant fell further behind. Now, in 2026, Apple is attempting to change all of that with the most ambitious Siri overhaul in the product's history. And to do it, the company is reportedly paying its oldest rival in the AI space approximately one billion dollars a year. Apple has confirmed that a completely reimagined version of Siri is targeted for launch in March 2026, tied to the iOS 26.4 update. CEO Tim Cook addressed the project directly during a recent earnings cal...