Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID
Anthropic may ask Claude users to verify their age and identity by uploading their government-issued documents, according to a new version of the company’s privacy policy.
The AI giant says the move was to allow users to appeal having their account flagged for potentially fraudulent activity rather than outright banning them, but comes at a time as Anthropic seeks to placate the Trump administration amid an ongoing standoff over who gets access to the company’s AI tools.
According to a new section in its latest privacy policy published earlier in June and set to take effect on July 8, Anthropic says it will ask for a user to prove their age or identity “in certain circumstances,” without providing specific examples.
While Anthropic has long required users to be over-18 to use Claude, the company earlier this year introduced age verification checksto comply with various states and countries that require...
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