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Morning Edition · Tuesday, June 16, 2026Published at 6:44 AM EDT · New York
Anthropic Will Require ID Verification for Consumer Claude Accounts
From July 8, Claude Free, Pro, and Max users may be asked for a government ID and a live selfie, handled by a third party, when accounts are flagged.
Anthropic is adding identity verification to its consumer Claude tiers as part of a privacy-policy update that takes effect on July 8. According to Russian-language coverage from the AI ML Big Data channel, when an account is suspected of v…
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