Katy Perry subscribes to Claude as calls for ChatGPT boycott grow
Pop singer Katy Perry has announced she is subscribing to Claude, as calls to cancel subscriptions to OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT are growing due to the company’s ties to the MAGA movement and its agreement with the Pentagon.
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Pop singer Katy Perry has announced she is subscribing to Claude, as calls to cancel subscriptions to OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT are growing due to the company’s ties to the MAGA movement and its agreement with the Pentagon.
“Done,” Perry wrote in her X post, sharing a screenshot of her subscribing to Anthropic’s chatbot, Claude.
After Anthropic rejected the Pentagon’s demands to ditch safeguards against using its artificial intelligence (AI) tools for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons – and was blacklisted as a result – Claude became the most downloaded app in Apple’s App Store, overtaking ChatGPT.
Meanwhile, OpenAI has announced a new agreement with the Department of War (DoW), intensifying calls to cancel ChatGPT subscriptions led by the movement called QuitGPT.
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The movement urges pushing OpenAI “over the edge,” as the company is already facing financial challenges, with some experts questioning whether it can survive 2026.
“If we make an example of ChatGPT, we can send a clear signal to ICE enablers that their actions will not go unpunished. Let's make CEOs think twice before they get in bed with Trump,” QuitGPT’s website reads.
According to the movement’s website, over 1.5 million people have committed to stop using ChatGPT or canceled their subscription. Cybernews, however, cannot independently verify the number.
The movement is calling for a protest called “No killer robots, no AI surveillance” at OpenAI’s headquarters in San Francisco on March 3rd, prompted by the company’s deal with the DoW.
Why are people boycotting ChatGPT?
The QuitGPT movement started after it came to light that OpenAI president Greg Brockman became the top Trump donor by donating $25 million to MAGA Inc in 2025. Sam Altman, the company’s CEO, donated $1M to Trump’s 2025 Inaugural Fund.
In addition, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used a GPT-4-powered resume-screening tool, according to the movement’s website.
The ICE has attracted significant criticism for aggressive enforcement tactics, including using excessive force, arresting and detaining American citizens, and separating families.
In Minnesota, immigration officers fatally shot two unarmed protestors, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, who were both American citizens. The high-profile killings were condemned as unlawful.
The movement also cites OpenAI’s “corrupt deal” with the Pentagon, which it says puts everyone “at risk of lethal AI for the sake of the company’s profits.”
Who is behind the QuitGPT movement?
The movement describes itself as a “group of democracy activists that are gravely concerned about AI companies contributing to the rise of authoritarianism.”
Some members, like Alfred Stephen, a freelance software developer in Singapore, have publicly spoken out about canceling ChatGPT subscriptions.
Other prominent figures associated with the movement are Dutch historian and best-selling author Rutger Bregman, American actor and filmmaker Mark Ruffalo, and content creator Brian Patrick, who goes by the moniker pano.dime.
Some members, however, remain anonymous.
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