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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by AnonEM00se on Sunday June 21, 2026 @11:45AM (#48619893)
I got an email from OpenAI letting me know I won’t be a teenager anymore next week. It’s so exciting to have AI roll back my age by more than half!

I then looked at their age verification and it used that problematic company so I cancelled out.

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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by chasil on Sunday June 21, 2026 @02:21PM (#48621248)
Anthropic does not allow... "Digital or mobile IDs."

Why on earth not?

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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by fpoling on Sunday June 21, 2026 @03:53PM (#48622026)
Many such IDs are designed for local physical verification, like proof that the mobile phone owner is above certain age or has a valid driving license, they are not designed for remote verification.
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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by objclxt on Sunday June 21, 2026 @03:57PM (#48622054)
> Many such IDs are designed for local physical verification, like proof that the mobile phone owner is above certain age or has a valid driving license, they are not designed for remote verification.

This is incorrect, the Digital Credentials API[1] is designed so that identity information can be remotely verified in a cryptographically secure manner.

There is no reason Anthropic could not use the DC API for this in countries and states that support digital identity, I assume they simply aren't because they threw this together at the last minute and simply out-sourced it to Persona.

[1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/digital-credentials/

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Re:Anthropic to Require ID Verification for Certain Capabili... by selcuka on Sunday June 21, 2026 @07:29PM (#48623694)
> they threw this together at the last minute and simply out-sourced it to Persona.

They could have vibe-coded their own verification system that uses DC APIs. It shouldn't take long, assuming that Anthropic still has access to Fable. /s

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