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Anthropic tightens limits on Claude subscriptions

Axios · · 337 words · By Ina Fried
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Anthropic is implementing a credit-based system for third-party agent tools on its paid Claude plans to manage computing resources. This move contrasts with OpenAI's current strategy of offering free Codex usage to new business customers, highlighting a broader industry challenge regarding the cost of autonomous AI agents.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://axios.com/2026/05/14/anthropic-claude-price-openai-tokens

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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Anthropic announced that it's bringing back support for outside agent tools on paid Claude plans.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Anthropic restricted third-party agent tools (like OpenClaw) and subsequently introduced a new system to allow their use again via subscriptions.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since Claude 3, each generation has typically been released in three sizes, from least to most capable: Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. An additional model named Claude Mythos was released to some companies …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic’s first-party tools, such as Claude Code and Claude Cowork, are engineered to maximize “prompt cache hit rates”—a method of reusing previously processed text to save on expensive compute cyc…
https://maverickstudios.net/2026/05/13/anthropic-reinstates-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The change affects businesses paying for Claude Pro or Claude Max subscriptions who route that access through third-party agent platforms like OpenClaw. These tools let users build automated workflows…
https://toolwise.ai/news/anthropic-blocks-third-party-ai-age…
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“But it is putting that usage behind a separate credit meter.”
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Evidence from web search results explicitly states that Agent SDK usage now comes out of a monthly credit tied to the Claude plan, replacing the previous API billing method.
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web search NEUTRAL — The short version: Agent SDK usage now comes out of a monthly credit tied to your Claude plan. Previously it billed through the Anthropic API with a separate console balance. Here is the credit by pla…
https://apidog.com/blog/claude-agent-sdk-with-claude-plan-se…
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web search NEUTRAL — “Claude for M365 is being rapidly adopted by ServiceNow. Claude does the work in Excel itself, instead of asking us to move content between tools, driving step change in productivity.”Claude for Excel…
https://claude.com/claude-for-microsoft-365
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic will introduce usage caps for Claude Code’s Pro and Max subscription plans on Aug. 28, responding to around-the-clock use.
https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/anthropic-caps-claude-co…
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“Subscribers will now get a new monthly credit that they can use with third-party harnesses like OpenClaw.”
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Sources confirm that while Anthropic previously blocked these harnesses, a new system of credits allows subscribers to use third-party tools like OpenClaw once again.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic blocks Claude Pro and Max subscribers from using OpenClaw third-party AI agent. Key takeaways.Starting 4 April at 12pm PT, Claude subscribers can no longer direct their monthly usage limits …
https://aivy.com.au/news/anthropic-bars-claude-code-openclaw…
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web search NEUTRAL — The popular combination of OpenClaw and Claude Code is being severed now that Anthropic has announced it will start charging subscribers extra to access its AI with third-party tools.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/907074/a…
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web search NEUTRAL — In April 2026, Anthropic restricted the use of Claude subscriptions with third-party agent tools such as OpenClaw, but this new system allows external agents like OpenClaw to be used via subscriptions…
https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260514-anthropic-claude-a…
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“Claude Code Product Manager Noah Zweben's X post about the new rules was riddled with critical replies”
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The search results for 'Noah' returned biblical information and unrelated Wikipedia entries, providing no evidence regarding a Claude Code Product Manager named Noah Zweben or his X posts.
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web search NEUTRAL — Afterwards, God makes a covenant with Noah and promises never again to destroy the earth with a flood. Noah is also portrayed as a "tiller of the soil" who is the first to cultivate the vine. After th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 21, 2026 · Noah was part of the godly line of Seth, of whom it was said, “At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD” (Genesis 4:26). Noah was the result of generational obedience an…
https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Noah.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Noah’s account is presented in the early chapters of Genesis, primarily in Genesis 5-9. He appears at a pivotal point in the biblical narrative, bridging a lineage from Adam through Seth and culminati…
https://biblehub.com/q/summarize_noah's_story_in_the_bible..…
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“Sam Altman announced on X that OpenAI is giving new business customers two months of free Codex usage.”
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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of Codex as an AI agent by OpenAI, there is no evidence in the provided search results of a specific announcement by Sam Altman regarding two months of free usage for business customers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Codex is an AI coding agent developed by OpenAI for software engineering tasks such as writing code and fixing bugs, released in April 2025 as Codex CLI. Codex is available through ChatGPT's web app, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_(AI_agent)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — GPT-5.2 is a large language model by OpenAI, released on December 11, 2025. Succeeding GPT-5.1, it is a family of three large language models within the GPT series. It comes in three modes: GPT-5.2 in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-5.2
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI Group PBC, doing business as OpenAI, is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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“ServiceNow and Uber are among the companies that have already burned through their AI token budgets for the entire year, per The Information's Laura Bratton.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of 'according' and unrelated Wikipedia entries for 'Applied Research Associates' and 'Rudy Giuliani'. No mention of ServiceNow, Uber, or Laura Bratton's reporting on token budgets was found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Applied Research Associates Inc. (ARA), is an engineering, management, and public sector consulting firm and a research and development company headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 197…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Suits is an American legal drama, created by Aaron Korsh. It premiered on USA Network in June 2011. The series revolves around Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), a senior partner at a top law firm in Man…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (, Italian: [dʒuˈljaːni]; born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and disbarred lawyer who served as the 108th mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previous…
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