'Yeah folks, it's gonna be harder in the future to ensure OpenClaw still works with Anthropic models,' OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger posted on X early Friday morning, along with a photo of a message from Anthropic saying his account had been suspended over 'suspicious' activity. The ban didn't last long. A few hours later, after the post went viral, Steinberger said his account had been reinstated. Among hundreds of comments ' many of them in conspiracy theory land, given that Steinberger is now employed by Anthropic rival OpenAI ' was one by an Anthropic engineer. The engineer told the famed developer that Anthropic has never banned anyone for using OpenClaw and offered to help. OpenClaw users now have to pay for that usage separately, based on consumption, through Claude's API. In essence, Anthropic, which offers its own agent, Cowork, is now charging a 'claw tax.' Steinberger said he was following this new rule and using his API but was banned anyway. Anthropic said it...
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