Dean Ball, a former White House official who contributed to the AI Action Plan the administration issued in the summer of 2025, said in a post on X that the order suggests all “non-Americans” would be restricted from using Anthropic’s latest models, including those based in the U.S.
“This means you should expect to have to prove your citizenship to use Anthropic models,” Ball said.
There is the real reason, folks.
Yet another effort to force mandatory ID checking to access a website.
There is the real reason, folks.
Yet another effort to force mandatory ID checking to access a website.
Not just a website, how can a company prove that a “non-American” isn’t using an API?
They can’t and Anthropic have disabled it for US users too.
Though that’s perhaps, in part, to get the govt to change its mind.