Anthropic's Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute
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- Claude, Anthropic's chatbot, is currently ranked number two among free apps in Apple’s US App Store.
- OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the top-ranked app, followed by Claude, and Google Gemini is third.
- Claude's ranking improved from outside the top 100 in late January to the top 20 in February, and now second place.
- Anthropic's negotiations with the Pentagon included safeguards against mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons.
- President Trump directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products, labeling the company a supply-chain threat.
- OpenAI later announced a Pentagon agreement with similar safeguards, according to CEO Sam Altman.