United Kingdom, March 3 -- An increasing number of people are boycotting ChatGPT after the chatbot's developer OpenAI signed a deal to work with the US Department of War.

The firm's deal with the Pentagon was announced last week and comes after Donald Trump's administration tried to terminate a contract with Anthropic after the AI startup expressed concern about its products being used for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.

Trump wrote in a Truth Social post: "The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution."

Anthropic's chatbot Claude has since risen to the top of Apple's chart for free apps, o...