flash on Nostr: ⚡️🚨 ALERT - Anthropic now requires new Claude users to verify their identity ...
⚡️🚨 ALERT - Anthropic now requires new Claude users to verify their identity with a government-issued photo ID and a live selfie
No law forcing AI companies like this to do full ID checks. This appears to be Anthropic’s own choice
They are also using Persona for the verification
Published at
2026-04-17 05:53:20 UTCEvent JSON
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