Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models
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- 336
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- 190
- Submitted by
- pretext
- Posted
- Oct 31, 2026
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Trending history
Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 31, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 57 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #4 of 30, reached on Nov 1, 04:07 UTC. It is #4 right now, holding steady at #4 over the last 6 checks.
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From the discussion
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It's very clear to me that however much you like Claude and Anthropic models, every professional user shoudl be actively cultivating a set of alternatives and fallbacks to use and seeking to ensure the overall ecosystem is as open, standardised and portable as possible. Anthropic is highly opinionated, dogmatic and…
The guardrails on Anthropic have become an albatross. I've got OAI models doing testing of banking workflows that Claude would have a full scale panic attack over. Even OAI needs some alignment and reassurance regarding the fact that it's not about to pull credit for a real person. GPT6.1 will happily launch the…
Something I've seen it do recently is refusing to extract services out of my own monolith code base because it finds copying code morally wrong. But its refusal to work pattern is getting pretty obnoxious. Another one I ran into last week was it refused to start a developer session to do browser testing for a code…
Questions
Is Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models trending on Hacker News right now?
Yes. As of Nov 1, 11:07 UTC it is #4, holding steady at #4 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models reached?
#4 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 1, 04:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Anthropic blocks users for anything touching training larger models been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 31, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (57 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
336 points and 190 comments; submitted by pretext on Oct 31, 2026.