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India Today
29-07-2025
- Business
- India Today
Claude AI to get new weekly usage limits as Anthropic cracks down on 24x7 use, account sharing
Anthropic has announced new weekly usage restrictions for Claude AI, aimed at preventing people from running its coding tool non-stop or sharing accounts with others. The fresh limits will be introduced from August 28 and will apply to users across all paid plans, including the $20 Pro tier and the higher-priced $100 and $200 Max an email to users and a post on social media, Anthropic said some people were keeping Claude Code running continuously in the background or violating its rules by reselling access or sharing login details. The company now plans to introduce two new weekly caps: one on total usage, and another specifically for the Claude Opus 4 model, its most advanced company clarified that the current usage limits (which refresh every five hours) will remain unchanged. However, users on the Max plans will now have an option to buy extra access once they hit their weekly cap, using standard API pricing. These changes come at a time when Claude Code, the AI coding assistant, has been seeing increased demand among developers. But this growing popularity has also brought some challenges. According to Anthropic's system status page, the tool has faced several outages in the past month, possibly due to some users running it around the clock."Claude Code has experienced unprecedented demand since launch," Anthropic spokesperson Amie Rotherham told TechCrunch in an email. She also said that "most users won't notice a difference," and that the new limits are expected to affect fewer than 5 per cent of per the updated plans, subscribers of the Pro tier can expect 40 to 80 hours of Claude Code using Sonnet 4 each week. Those on the $100 Max plan will get 140 to 280 hours of Sonnet 4 and 15 to 35 hours of Opus 4. Users on the $200 Max plan will be allowed 240 to 480 hours of Sonnet 4 and 24 to 40 hours of Opus 4 in a didn't explain how exactly usage is being tracked — whether it's by number of tokens used, compute time, or hours spent. While the company earlier claimed the $200 plan offers 20 times more access than the Pro tier, the latest numbers suggest the increase may be closer to six times in actual usage move follows a trend among AI tool providers, who are reworking their pricing and usage models to prevent abuse. In June, Anysphere, the team behind Cursor, made similar changes for its Pro plan, which led to confusion and criticism after users were unexpectedly charged more. Around the same time, another company, Replit, also adjusted its pricing structure.- Ends
Hans India
29-07-2025
- Business
- Hans India
Anthropic Sets Weekly Limits on Claude AI to Curb Misuse, Maintain Reliability
In a significant policy update, AI company Anthropic has announced new weekly usage limits for its Claude AI service. This move comes as part of the company's broader effort to reduce misuse, including continuous background use of its coding assistant and unauthorized account sharing among users. Starting August 28, all users on paid Claude AI plans — including the $20/month Pro tier and the premium $100 and $200 Max plans — will see new weekly caps introduced. These include limits on overall usage time and specific caps for the Claude Opus 4 model, Anthropic's most powerful offering. The company made the announcement through direct emails to users and posts on social media. According to Anthropic, some users have been running Claude Code, its AI-powered coding assistant, round the clock, which has led to strain on system resources and several outages in recent weeks. 'Claude Code has experienced unprecedented demand since launch,' said Amie Rotherham, a spokesperson for Anthropic, in an email to TechCrunch. She added, 'Most users won't notice a difference,' clarifying that the new limits are expected to impact fewer than five percent of users. While the current rolling usage limit (which resets every five hours) will remain unchanged, the weekly cap aims to manage demand and ensure a more stable experience for all users. Notably, users subscribed to Max plans will now have the option to purchase additional access after exhausting their weekly quota, with standard API pricing in place for these overages. The revised usage breakdown is as follows: ♦ Pro Plan ($20/month): 40 to 80 hours of Claude Code usage with the Sonnet 4 model per week. ♦ Max Plan ($100/month): 140 to 280 hours of Sonnet 4 and 15 to 35 hours of Opus 4 per week. ♦ Max Plan ($200/month): 240 to 480 hours of Sonnet 4 and 24 to 40 hours of Opus 4 per week. Anthropic has not detailed whether these usage hours are calculated based on time spent using the tool, token usage, or computational load. The new figures suggest that the actual usage scale between the $20 and $200 tiers may be closer to six times rather than the previously advertised 20 times. This decision mirrors a growing trend among AI platforms seeking to discourage policy violations and excessive usage. Earlier this year, AI companies like Anysphere — creators of the Cursor IDE — and Replit implemented similar usage changes, both of which received mixed reactions from their user communities. Anthropic's changes appear to be pre-emptive and focused on preserving the quality and reliability of Claude AI, especially its in-demand Claude Code feature. By tightening access and discouraging non-compliant behaviour such as account sharing and reselling, the company hopes to strike a balance between accessibility and fair resource distribution.
