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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAnthropic has rolled out identity verification on Claude as a measure to prevent abuse, enforce usage policies, and comply with legal obligations. As part of the roll out, the AI company is asking select users to hand over a government-issued photo ID and a live selfie when accessing Claude. \u201cWe are rolling out identity verification for a few use cases, and you might see a verification prompt when accessing certain capabilities, as part of our routine platform integrity checks, or other safety and compliance measures,\u201d Anthropic said. \u201cWe only use your verification data to confirm who you are and not for any other purposes,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n As listed on its official support page, Anthropic is accepting physical government-issued photo IDs from most countries. Common examples include:<\/p>\n \u201cYour ID must be issued by a government, clearly legible, undamaged, and include a photo of you,\u201d the company says. IDs that are not accepted are:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anthropic assures users that verification data is \u201cused solely to confirm who you are and to meet our legal and safety obligations.\u201d \u201cWe are not collecting more than we need. We ask for the minimum information required to verify your identity,\u201d it says.\u201cVerification data stays between you, Persona, and Anthropic, except where we’re legally required to respond to valid legal processes. Your verification data is never shared with third parties for marketing, advertising, or any purpose unrelated to verification and compliance,\u201d the company adds.<\/p>\n Coming weeks after millions joined Claude specifically over OpenAI’s surveillance deal, the ID verification requirement to use claude has not gone well with Anthropic users. X user Kai @hqmank wrote in a post: \u201cClaude now requires government ID verification (via Persona) before subscription.ChatGPT doesn’t.Gemini doesn’t.Anthropic just handed their competitors a gift.\u201d\u201cdidnt just add KYC, they collapsed the boundary between identity and thought. once access to intelligence is gated by who you are, it stops being a tool and starts being infrastructure for control,\u201d said another user. \u201cThis is a bad move for what reason did they do this? I was JUST going to reup on a pro plan…I may just go with Super Grok for now as I already have Gemini Pro,\u201d said a third. <\/div>\n\nID verification comes to Claude: Accepted IDs<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Not using your identity data to train models: Anthropic<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Users criticize Anthropic\u2019s ID verification<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n