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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by isolli on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:16AM (#46551270)
Why is supervising one's agents to be as efficient as possible a problem for Anthropic?
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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by casparvitch on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:42AM (#46551906)
More inference = more cost (to Anthropic)
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Re:Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscript... by dpark on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:31AM (#46555561)
When people say efficient here, they mean cost efficient, extracting as much work per dollar from Anthropic as possible. This is the opposite of Anthropic’s view of efficiency, which would be providing the minimal amount of service for the most amount of money.
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