Why I Cancelled ChatGPT and Switched to Claude, And Why You Should Too

I cancelled my ChatGPT paid subscription and switched to Claude. Not because of the technology. Because of the values — or the lack thereof. On February 27, 2026, Anthropic — the company behind Claude — refused to give the Pentagon unrestricted access to its AI for mass surveillance and autonomous killer weapons. Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei said plainly that he "cannot in good conscience" accede to a deal that would remove safeguards against domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. Within hours, OpenAI's Sam Altman swooped in and took the deal. Let that sink in. One company held the line. The other sprinted to cross it. And just like that, the two biggest players in AI revealed exactly who they are. I've spent the last 17 years interviewing the world's leading thinkers on artificial intelligence on Singularity.FM — scientists, philosophers, entrepreneurs, artists, writers — brilliant people wrestling with the most consequential questions of our time. One question has always haunted every conversation: What kind of future are we actually building? Not the future we're promising. Not the future we're marketing. The future we're actually building — through our choices, our partnerships, our deals, the things we do, and the things we refuse to do. Well, here's your answer. This isn't just about one deal. It's about a pattern. OpenAI's president Greg Brockman and his wife donated $25 million to Trump's Super PAC, MAGA Inc — making them the single largest donors in the most recent report. OpenAI is the top spender behind a $125 million AI Super PAC that attacks anyone who threatens to regulate them. Meanwhile, psychiatrists are documenting "AI psychosis" — users losing touch with reality after extended chatbot interactions. And now, OpenAI is preparing to add advertisements to ChatGPT. What was once a mission-driven organization, founded as a nonprofit to develop AI for the benefit of all humanity, has abandoned that founding purpose to pursue money, political power, and Pentagon contracts. Over 1.5 million people have already cancelled or stopped using ChatGPT as part of the growing #QuitGPT movement. Claude is now the number 1 download on the App Store. OpenAI is already losing three times as much money as it earns. ChatGPT's dominance is not inevitable. It is fragile. And fragile systems respond to pressure. Cancel your ChatGPT subscription. Switch to Claude. And join the movement at https://quitgpt.org The question has never been whether AI will change the world. The question is who gets to decide how. Right now, you have a vote. Use it.