That was exactly why I had been a paying Anthropic customer as well – I trusted them more than I trusted OpenAI or Google. But I canceled my subscription this morning after the news that they've ditched their core safety promise [†], and they look likely to fold to the Pentagon's demands on autonomous weapons/surveillance as well.

[†] https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/tech/anthropic-safety-policy-...