ANTHROPIC ROLLING OUT ID VERIFICATION FOR CLAUDE

The AI safety company announced the rollout without detailing which features will require verification. Users may encounter a prompt asking them to submit a valid physical government-issued photo ID along with a selfie taken via phone or computer camera. AnthropIc has not yet specified the reasoning behind the selective requirement. The company said it will only apply to "a few use cases," suggesting most Claude functionality will remain unaffected. The news comes as the U.S. government works to provide federal agencies with access to Anthropic's AI models, according to a Bloomberg report citing an internal memo. That effort has raised cybersecurity concerns among officials. TextTech has requested additional details from Anthropic about which capabilities will require identity verification and will update this story upon receiving a response.