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Anthropic Restricts Claude to Users 18 and Older via Age Assurance
Original title:Claude is only available to people over 18 years
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Anthropic has updated its support documentation to clarify that Claude is strictly restricted to users aged 18 and older, implementing age assurance mechanisms to verify user eligibility. The policy reflects escalating legal obligations worldwide regarding minor online safety and data privacy. While closing access for younger learners, the verification requirements also present Anthropic with fresh scrutiny over how it handles sensitive identification data.
Why it's worth reading
As regulatory mandates around minor safety tighten globally, Anthropic's hard age cutoff highlights how frontier AI products are shifting from open availability toward strict compliance boundaries.
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