Anthropic's ai assistant claude now requires paid subscription

In the wake of its high-profile dispute with the Pentagon, AI startup Anthropic has announced it's ending free access to its language model-powered assistant Claude through third-party apps like OpenClaw.

Users must now pay for additional subscription to continue using claude

As of April 4, subscriptions to Claude will no longer cover use of third-party tools, according to a series of posts on social media platform X by Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code.

Cherny explained Anthropic has been