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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 redsocksfan45 »

miki123211 wrote: post #180
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.

Unless you have Bill Gates money, you don't have access to a mental health professional (much less your mental health professional who knows your life situation) when a girlfriend dumps you over text at 1AM. And that's when you may need one most. People want to talk to their therapist after an argument with their husband or when their boss fires them, not Friday after next.

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Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by icedchai »

groundzeros2015 wrote: post #272
vova_hn2 wrote: post #137

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> And we hardly have any users younger than 18 anyway, go for it! I doubt that this statement is true.

Paying customers?

I'm sure many use their parents' credit card. In which case, the parent would do the "verification" and the minor uses the account anyway.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by mdp2021 »

khalic wrote: post #285
Patient0 wrote: post #193

The date says May 18, 2026 - so this is four months old, right?

300 messages and counting, and you're the first one I see making the comment. Shame on everybody here for not doing their basic due diligence of reading the fkn article before posting or reacting

> only one

He is not. (Edited out a piece here which made sense only with the former version of the parent.)

49656423, 49656530, 49656641, 49656679, 49656711, 49656738, 49656911, 49657090, 49657390 (the one that got noted)...

The piece remains relevant for many ongoing reasons.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by Aurornis »

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.

> In Germany, this seems to be the case for a long time already.

It’s the case everywhere. The date in the article is May.

These links to the Claude help pages get submitted and upvoted on HN periodically. There is usually a big uproar when the ID verification page gets shared, even though that process has existed for a long time and most people haven’t triggered it.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by khalic »

mdp2021 wrote: post #293
khalic wrote: post #285

Earlier quoted context omitted.

300 messages and counting, and you're the first one I see making the comment. Shame on everybody here for not doing their basic due diligence of reading the fkn article before posting or reacting

> only one He is not. (Edited out a piece here which made sense only with the former version of the parent.) 49656423, 49656530, 49656641, 49656679, 49656711, 49656738, 49656911, 49657090, 49657390 (the one that got noted)... The piece remains relevant for many ongoing reasons.

yeah gonna correct to first one

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by micromacrofoot »

tyre wrote: post #260
micromacrofoot wrote: post #237

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Magical like finding a house made of candy in the woods, or maybe more like that guy with the flute who solved the rat problem. Or maybe that guy selling magical beans? Anyhow, you're right! kids love magic.

Not really like any of these things. Having a tutor for literally anything is a pretty incredible experience. Yes, they can’t be fully trusted and Claudisms are tilting, but, I mean, have you been on the internet? I read far crazier bullshit in the average HN comment section than I’ve ever gotten from Claude.

Right, those are fairy tales of course

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_linked_to_chatbots

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by shrubby »

skrebbel wrote: post #201
sam-cop-vimes wrote: post #185

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This seems like a lazy snipe. They clearly state that they receive only an age verification result and none of the personal data. It would take collusion from both sides to silently enable transfer of user data while publicly stating that they don't. I have used these KYC services before. There is the option to get access to all user data - but unless there is evidence to the contrary, we have to take their word for…

No fucking way I’m sending my biometric data to some sleazy foreign company I know nothing about. The fact that “Yoti” is separate from Anthropic doesnt suddenly make this less gross.

I 105 percent trust anything and everything a zillion dollar company promises!

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by mdp2021 »

LUmBULtERA wrote: post #281
Patient0 wrote: post #193

The date says May 18, 2026 - so this is four months old, right?

Yes, I'm wondering why it's upvoted like this is something new today. What's going on?

Either people did not know or people believe it is still very relevant. (It is.)

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by Anon1096 »

embedding-shape wrote: post #189
Anon1096 wrote: post #155

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Literally every single HN thread these days mentioning big companies the top comment is some cynical conspiratorial nonsense. Say Big Tech is out to get you in any way possible no matter how outlandish and people eat it up. Nothing can just happen for good or neutral reasons it's always tied to some master plan.

Just as a curiosity, have you ever worked in big tech yourself, spoken "off-the-record" with managers or executives at these places or know closely people who do/have worked there?

Yes multiple companies in people's favorite acronyms.

Re: Claude is only available to people over 18 years

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Post by choo-t »

breezey3po wrote: post #243
choo-t wrote: post #163

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> For any parent with a child, it goes the other way, but with a slightly different mechanic. There is an effect on the adult, but it is so minor compared to the effect on children, that the proportionality causes you to dismiss the minor inconvenience it poses to adults, since you are focusing on the question of what happens to children. Can you fathom that childhood is only tiny part of everyone life, and negative…

There's a lot of myopic comments about children on HN, but this argument is so insane it's worth pointing out. You're essentially arguing to poison a well instead of inconveniencing yourself. You have agency, you're allegedly intelligent. But it sounds like you're so dependent on Claude you can't even conceive of using an alternative. There are NUMEROUS alternatives available. If you lack the agency to subvert the ch…

> But it sounds like you're so dependent on Claude you can't even conceive of using an alternative.

I don't use Claude whatsoever.

> There are NUMEROUS alternatives available. If you lack the agency to subvert the check or implement an alternative that's on you.

I know there is, but I also know this trend of age verification bullshit is coming for everything, and that's a problem.

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