Anthropic is therefore launching identity controls across Claude, in line with stricter industry standards elsewhere.
Their support page suggests age verification will only happen for «a few use cases» and for «certain capabilities» — but opens the door for simply checking your age.
In order to confirm your identity, Anthropic’s partner Persona Identities only accepts government-issued IDs or driver’s licenses — and none of the data is stored by Anthropic.
They also say they will not train their models on identity data, share them with anyone else, or collect more than they need.
ChatGPT has had age checks since January, but allows for teen use.
Read more: Anthropic’s support page, Age requirement for Claude, discussion on Hacker News.