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Anthropic's Claude AI blocks user requests with "reverse engineering" error

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Users of Anthropic's Claude AI are encountering a "request was blocked" error, even when their prompts do not appear to violate terms of service. This issue seems to occur with new sessions and cleared contexts, suggesting a potential problem with the AI's refusal mechanism. The error message specifically mentions violations related to reverse engineering or duplicating model outputs, directing users to Anthropic's legal terms for more information. AI

IMPACT Potential user frustration and confusion regarding AI safety guardrails.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with an existing AI product.

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Anthropic's Claude AI blocks user requests with "reverse engineering" error

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/adamgoodapp ·

    CLI, Keep getting request was blocked on new sessions

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I previously was working on Reverse engineering but even with new sessions / cleared contexts I would occasionally still get the warning even do my prompts have nothing to do with it. </p> <p><code>Error: Compaction failed: Turn prefix summarizat…

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