Palantir CEO Alex Karp says there was ‘never a sense’ AI products would be used for domestic surveillance in Anthropic-DoD feud

Palantir CEO Alex Karp addressed the contentious back-and-forth between Anthropic and the Department of Defense, explicitly stating that DoD has no plans to use Claude for domestic mass surveillance. Palantir operates as the primary software channel integrating Anthropic's LLM into Pentagon systems. Karp emphasized that Defense Department procurement is strictly focused on non-American targets in military contexts.