GoKawiilAnthropic restricts Claude access to adults, adds Yoti age verification
Anthropic has made its consumer chatbot Claude unavailable to anyone under 18, requiring users to confirm their age when creating an account. The company says it uses detection systems to flag possible underage users and will suspend accounts showing such signals until identity is verified through Yoti, a third-party age-verification service.
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The move reflects growing regulatory and public pressure on AI companies to prevent minors from accessing chatbots that can produce mature or unsafe content. By outsourcing verification to Yoti and offering facial estimation or ID checks, Anthropic is following a pattern seen in social media and adult content platforms facing child-safety scrutiny.
- Claude now requires users to be 18 or older to access the consumer product.
- Suspected minor accounts are flagged and disabled pending age verification via Yoti.
- Verification options include facial age estimation, ID document upload, or Yoti's digital ID app.
Source: support.claude.com, 2026-09-11
Published there as: “Claude is no longer available for minors”
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