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Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models

Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models
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A user reported being blocked by Anthropic for activities related to training larger models, despite only using Claude for job submission and analysis.

Key points

  • •The user claimed they did not distill Claude and used rollouts from a strong open-source model instead.
  • •Although Claude was only used to submit jobs and run analysis, the user was tagged for training a competitor.
  • •The user's account was blocked for touching RFT, SFT, or training larger models, resulting in a downgrade to Opus 5.5.
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