Claude hits No. 1 on App Store as ChatGPT users defect in show of support for Anthropic's Pentagon stance

Anthropic's Claude has seen an influx of users defecting from ChatGPT

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• Anthropic's stance against the Pentagon and OpenAI's resulting agreement is shifting the chatbot wars.
• As some ChatGPT users posted about canceling, Anthropic's Claude over took ChatGPT to hit No. 1 on the App Store.
• OpenAI said its Pentagon agreement emphasizes human oversight of autonomous weapons and limits mass surveillance.

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