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Anthropic has started rolling out identity verification on Claude "for a few use cases." The company didn't list out those use cases in its announcement, but we've asked it for details and will update this post when we hear back. Anthropic says you might see a verification prompt upon "accessing certain capabilities," asking you to verify your identity. You would have to show a valid and physical government-issued photo ID. You'd also have take a selfie with your phone or computer camera that the system will compare against the ID you present.
The news, as you'd expect, wasn't well-received. Many users are questioning the necessity of identity verification to be able to use an AI chatbot, especially if Anthropic already has their credit cards on file as paying subscribers. People are also criticizing Anthropic's decision to use Persona Identities, which also provides age verification services for OpenAI and Roblox. One of Persona's major investors is venture firm Founders Fund, which was co-founded by Peter Thiel, who's also the co-founder and chairman of surveillance company Palantir.
Palantir's customers are mostly federal agencies and government offices, including the FBI, the CIA and
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 Apple today announced that a record 30% of material across all products it shipped in 2025 came from recycled content, alongside a series of other environmental milestones published in its annual Environmental Progress Report.
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 Apple has started ramping up its supply chain for a new variable aperture camera system expected to debut in the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max this September, reports Korea's ETNews.
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 iOS 27 is likely to introduce at least four new Apple Intelligence features that function within system apps, based on backend code discovered by Nicolás Alvarez and confirmed by MacRumors.
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China's Hefei metro is testing robot dogs, drones, and humanoids to inspect trains, patrol platforms, and assist passengers during busy travel periods.
The post China Deploys Robot Dogs, Drones, and Humanoids to Run a ‘Full-Space' Metro System appeared first on eWEEK.
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