Anthropic Is Rate Limiting Claude Code, Blaming Some Users For Never Turning It Off

Anthropic has introduced caller play complaint limits connected its Claude Code instrumentality for AI assistance pinch coding tasks. The move comes soon aft nan AI institution softly began implementing complaint limits connected nan Claude Code service, which is an agentic broadside of nan AI chatbot that is tin of reference code, editing files, performing tests and pushing GitHub commits.

According to a bid of posts from Anthropic connected X, these changes are successful consequence to immoderate users who person been moving Claude Code "continuously successful nan background, 24/7." Not only does that adhd up to a hefty environmental toll, nan instances of non-stop usage are besides financially costly for Anthropic. The institution additionally questioned whether immoderate users were violating position of work by sharing aliases reselling accounts.

Claude Code is only disposable connected Anthropic's Pro and Max plans, nan astir costly of which is $200 a month. Those subscriptions which will commencement seeing nan play complaint limits opening successful August. "We estimate they’ll use to little than 5% of subscribers based connected existent usage," nan institution said. For those group who do tally up against nan limits connected nan Max plan, location will beryllium an action to acquisition other usage astatine modular API rates.