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Trump is booting Anthropic from the military. Palantir helped bring it there

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The Trump administration has removed Anthropic from military programs, despite Palantir's role in integrating the AI company into Pentagon systems. Palantir's extensive work on military data infrastructure had elevated Anthropic's perceived value to defense operations, making the exclusion significant for both companies' government contracts and the evolving relationship between AI firms and military agencies.