A new class action lawsuit questions whether Anthropic broke the law by misleading power users

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Anthropic says power users are key to its business — it’s prioritized them even when it means cutting off other popular applications, like OpenClaw. But some of these same customers say Anthropic misled them into believing they’d get more out of a top-tier pricing subscription than they did.

In an expanded class-action lawsuit filed today, a group of Claude subscribers say the company deceptively advertised the limits of its Max subscription tier. The lawsuit was brought by attorneys Monica Vaca and Kati Daffan, who both formerly worked at the Federal Trade Commission under Lina Khan. It’s a rare attempt to legally penalize AI companies for a widely held point of frustration: the industry’s growing money squeeze.

Anthropic’s Max plan for Claude is an upgrade to the $20/month Pro plan. It has two pricing options: $100 per month for “5x” the usage limits of Pro or $200 per month for...

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