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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Dani Oh

Anthropic Acknowledges $16.6 Million Billing Error, User Reveals Repeated Charge Attempts Blocked Bank Card, Four-Day Support Ordeal

The co-founders of Anthropic discuss the past, present, and future of Anthropic. From left to right: Chris Olah, Jack Clark, Daniela Amodei, Sam McCandlish, Tom Brown, Dario Amodei, and Jared Kaplan. (Credit: Anthropic/YouTube Screenshot)

A South Korean Claude user says Anthropic's erroneous £12.2 million ($16.6 million, about ₩22.8 billion) billing demand led to repeated charge attempts that blocked his primary credit card, even after the company admitted the mistake.

He says he then spent four days trying to get a clear response from support as he sought confirmation that the invalid invoices had been cancelled and his account cleared.

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