Anthropic updates its usage policy, prohibiting the resale of Claude access through consumer subscriptions
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PANews reports that Anthropic has updated its usage policy, prohibiting the resale of Claude access through consumer subscriptions and restricting several high-risk uses.
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Anthropic Updates Usage Policy: Prohibits Reselling Claude Access Through Consumer Subscriptions
PANews November 2 reports that, according to Anthropic's official website, its "Usage Policy" (AUP) applies to all users of Claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, cloud platforms, and products integrating Claude. The policy covers 11 high-risk sectors including legal, medical, financial, credit, and employment fields. When providing AI advice in these areas, it must be reviewed by qualified personnel, and users must be informed of AI involvement. When controlling hardware that could cause physical harm, a human must be able to stop operations at any time. The policy prohibits unauthorized use of outputs for model distillation, resale of Claude access through consumer subscriptions, and use of the model for law enforcement decision-making or tracking and surveillance without consent. Users in cybersecurity and life sciences may apply to adjust safety restrictions.
PANews reported on November 2 that Anthropic's "Usage Policy" applies to all users of Claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, cloud platforms, and products that integrate Claude.
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The policy covers 11 high-risk areas, including law, healthcare, finance, credit, and employment.
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When providing AI advice in high-risk areas, it must be reviewed by qualified personnel, and the parties involved must be informed of AI’s involvement.
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When AI controls hardware that could cause personal injury, a human must be able to stop it at any time.
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The policy prohibits using the output for model distillation without authorization and prohibits reselling access to Claude through consumer subscriptions.
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The policy prohibits using models for law enforcement decision-making or tracking surveillance without consent.
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Users in the cybersecurity and life sciences fields may apply to adjust security restrictions.
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Simply put, Claude subscriptions for consumers may not be resold to grant others access. When using AI for advice in high-risk scenarios such as legal, medical, or financial contexts, qualified personnel must review and explain AI involvement to relevant parties; when dealing with hardware that could cause harm, a human override capability must be retained.
Why it matters to readers
Services that provide third-party access to Claude based on consumer subscriptions may require adjustments; high-risk industries, as well as users in cybersecurity and life sciences, also need to pay attention to auditing, notification, and security restriction requirements.
If you are simply using Claude normally, you need to avoid reselling accounts or access permissions; if you integrate Claude into high-risk business, you should first verify requirements such as human review, AI notifications, and manual shutdowns.
Risks and unknowns
The material does not include the original text of Anthropic's official website policy, so the full terms cannot be directly verified.
The material does not specify the exact effective date of the policy.
The materials do not specify how existing third-party access or proxy services will be implemented or transitioned.
The material does not specify the exact conditions under which cybersecurity and life sciences users may apply to adjust security restrictions.
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