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Anthropic's Claude chatbot enforces 18+ age rule with Yoti verification

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Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude requires users to be at least 18 years old, a policy that has been in place since May 2024. While the age requirement itself is not new, recent discussions on Hacker News have focused on Anthropic's enforcement methods. The company disables accounts flagged as potentially belonging to minors and requires users to pass an age verification process conducted by the company Yoti, which involves submitting a selfie, a government ID, or using the Yoti Digital ID app. Anthropic states that Yoti deletes the verification data immediately after processing and that Anthropic only receives a pass/fail result, though its privacy policy mentions AI

IMPACT Age verification for consumer AI products is becoming standard, balancing privacy with accuracy for user protection.

RANK_REASON News about a specific product's policy enforcement and verification process, not a new model release or core research.

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Anthropic's Claude chatbot enforces 18+ age rule with Yoti verification

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  1. dev.to — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Breach Protocol ·

    Claude's over-18 rule is not new. Here is what its age check actually asks for.

    <p>Claude being available only to adults is not new. Anthropic's consumer terms have required users to be at least 18 since at least May 2024, and the support article that went viral on Hacker News on 11 September 2026 is dated 18 May 2026. What does exist, and what the more than…

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