18 February 2026

AI on the battlefield: US used Anthropic's Claude in Maduro operation


AI on the battlefield: US used Anthropic's Claude in Maduro operation

There are moments when technology quietly crosses a line. This appears to be one of them. Anthropic's artificial intelligence model, Claude, a system largely known for drafting emails, analysing documents and answering questions, was used in a US military operation aimed at capturing former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to people familiar with the matter. The mission, carried out last month, involved bombing several sites in Caracas and targeted Maduro and his wife.

The details of how Claude was used remain unclear. Neither operational specifics nor the exact role played by the AI system have been disclosed. But the mere fact that a commercial AI model found its way into a live military operation marks a shift that is hard to ignore.

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