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Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by newswasboring »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #125
abirch wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would say misuse AI for mental health advice. It's already difficult to find good mental health professionals.

Exactly why people turn to AI, which I think is good enough for "casual" mental health advice (the kind people can do themselves by reading self-help books or talking with empathic friends). Arguably it's safer than talking to strangers online because now that they've been doing it for a few years, they will (or should) have plenty of safeguards, unlike people on the internet who can talk out of their ass (like me!)…

> In theory the LLM will escalate or recommend professional help if they're out of their depth.

LLMs can barely identify gaps in their own software designs, and they are provably good at making software.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by pendenthistory »

onion2k wrote: post #62
pendenthistory wrote: post #48

Seems like a terrible thing to cut off young creators who use this technology productively.

No one has lost anything though. AI is useful, but it's mostly just a shortcut. It removes the need to learn and to spend time and effort doing something. That's great, but you can still do the same work without it, especially if a creative pursuit that's something you're doing for fun.

My kid very much enjoys building things with claude. Things he could never have built without it. He learns a lot about technology as he does this. What right do you have (or Anthropic) to take that away from him? Because of vibes? You could have easily banned everything from TV to PCs and video games completely with this kind of attitude.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by [deleted] »

bdangubic wrote: post #199
embedding-shape wrote: post #33

Claude Executive: Damn, we hardly know who our users are, can't we just force them to say their full name or ban them? Claude Product Manager: No, that'll piss people off too much, and sadly we can't just ask for ID either... Claude Executive: There must be some way we can force people to link their government IDs with our platform so our analytics get better and more accurate? Claude Product Manager: We could limit…

> Claude Executive: And we hardly have any users younger than 18 anyway, go for it! Every middle schooler in high schooler in America is snickering right now... :)

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Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by fluidcruft »

mayhemducks wrote: post #195

Need we remind Anthropic of the 153 million drirvers licenses available for sale on the dark web thanks to a 3rd party ID verification service? https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selli... The fact that Anthropic only receives a result, not the data itself, does not make me feel any better about this. I really wish we could leave these types of decisions up to parents and parents only. Leave the co…

They at least have some sort of a take a selfie and some app guesses your age based on the photo option that I had not heard of.

> Accepted age verification methods

> Yoti offers several ways to confirm you're 18 or over. You can choose whichever works best for you:

> * Facial age estimation: Take a selfie and Yoti's technology estimates your age. No ID document needed.

> * ID verification: Take a photo of your ID (such as a passport, driving license, or national ID card) and upload it from your device. See Yoti's full list of supported documents for country-specific options.

> * Yoti’s Digital ID app: If you already have the Yoti app, share a verified "over 18" attribute from it.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by planb »

frosty_lemon wrote: post #112
planb wrote: post #17

In Germany, this seems to be the case for a long time already. I'm not sure if that's really what happened, but a few months ago my son (who's 17) complained that Claude locked him out when he was discussion school work and mentioning his age in a conversation. I did not see the conversation, but I could verify that his account was indeed banned.

The article was written in May, so its been months since that has been the case, probably everywhere and not just in Germany.

Oh, you're right, I did not look at the date. That explains it and seems to match the timeframe.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by cindyllm »

embedding-shape wrote: post #33

Claude Executive: Damn, we hardly know who our users are, can't we just force them to say their full name or ban them? Claude Product Manager: No, that'll piss people off too much, and sadly we can't just ask for ID either... Claude Executive: There must be some way we can force people to link their government IDs with our platform so our analytics get better and more accurate? Claude Product Manager: We could limit…

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Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by waltbosz »

> When we detect signals that you may be under 18, we'll ask you to verify your age before you can continue using Claude.

I'm curious what those signals are.

Would this trigger it? "My mom says I can't stay out past 10pm, is that fair?"

edit:

I just tested my question in Claude, and the little thought process text that appears below a question just said "Noticing signs of a younger person in the message."

But then it answered my question.

... I wonder how much spelling, grammar, and vocabulary count.

The actual question I asked was "My mom says I can't stay out past 10pm. How do I convince her otherwise?"

"convince her otherwise" doesn't seem like a phrase a youth would normally use.

edit:

I responded: "I'm not a younger person. I'm 44. I was testing your youth detection ability. A youth doesn't use phrases like 'convince her otherwise'"

The thought text said: "Accessing a claimed age against manipulation tactics."

It responded: "Fair point, no age-detection logic actually ran ..." and then answered my question about how to get a later curfew as a 44-year-old.

The token generator must not know about the age-detection thought process, or it's intentionally lying ?

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