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Anthropic may check your ID before letting you access certain Claude features, and the verification vendor it has picked is the same outfit that sparked controversy when Discord tested similar checks.

Anthropic quietly updated its support page on identity verification for Claude users this week to indicate that it's rolling the process out on a case-by-case basis. According to the help page, Anthropic is rolling out identity verification for “a few use cases,” and users “might see a verification prompt when accessing certain capabilities, as part of our routine platform integrity checks, or other safety and compliance measures.”

In short, expect to be suddenly asked for verification at any time, for pretty much any reason Anthropic can come up with. 

"Identity verification helps us prevent abuse, enforce our usage policies, and comply with legal obligations," the company said in its new support language. 

In order to further assuage user ...