* CNBC article
Anthropic's Claude hits No. 1 on Apple's top free apps list after Pentagon rejection
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/28/anthropics-claude-apple-apps.html
# Summary
Claude, the AI app made by Anthropic, took the No. 1 spot in the free category of the US Apple App Store last Saturday night.
This happened just one day after the Trump administration moved to block government agencies from using Anthropic's technology. Anthropic making headlines day after day for refusing to deploy its models in domestic surveillance systems or fully autonomous lethal weapons appears to have actually helped draw public attention to it.
Until now, general users have been more familiar with other AI chatbot apps than with Claude. Looking at the App Store rankings from last Saturday, OpenAI's ChatGPT was No. 2 and Google's Gemini was No. 4. [remainder omitted]
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