Anthropic has announced a new rate limit for users on its chatbot, Claude, specifically targeting users that are exploiting use of its coding tool, Claude Code, by running it for a long time throughout the day.
This comes after reports of technical issues at Anthropic in the past month, which could be because of the way some subscribers are excessively using the chatbot.
As AI chatbots continue to develop and become more popular, stricter usage limits could potentially be put in place, in order to ensure AI companies can keep up with the demand.
Anthropic Announces New Rate Limit for Claude Users
AI startup Anthropic will be introducing weekly rate limits on its chatbot, Claude, mainly to control usage among users who are running its AI coding tool, Claude Code, “continuously in the background, 24/7.” Likewise, the limits aim to tackle users violating Claude’s usage policy by sharing accounts and reselling access to the coding tool.
The new rates will go into effect August 28 for subscribers on the $20/month Pro plan, and for those on the $100-$200/month Max plans. Anthropic’s existing usage limit resets every five hours, and the company has confirmed this will remain in place.
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Additionally, there will be new rate limits that reset every week: an overall usage limit, and one specific to Claude Opus 4. Max subscribers can buy additional usage should they need what the rate limit provides.
Anthropic’s New User Limits Come Amid Tech Issues
A few weeks ago, Anthropic users started to report that they had been hit with restrictive usage limits. Turns out, Anthropic had introduced these limits without reporting them to subscribers, causing many to express their annoyance.
The reasons for wave of new limits could be tied to the fact that Claude has experienced a partial or major outage at least seven times in the last month.
If, like Anthropic has stated, users are running Claude Code as excessively as they are, then it would be understandable if the startup is dealing with high user demand.
Could More AI Companies Limit Use for Subscribers?
One user on Anthropic’s $200/month Max plan has reported to TechCrunch that they have been using the service to make over $1,000 (measured on API pricing) worth of calls in a single day.
On top of this, since 2019, chatbots have experienced a 92% increase in usage, and this number will no doubt increase as the technology develops.
As businesses and consumers continue to implement the technology, AI companies may struggle to keep up from a technical perspective. Anthropic has suggested in the past that it is constrained when it comes to computational resources, and increased usage could be unsustainable in the long run.
Investments and collaborations – Perplexity and Samsung seem to be considering one – could play a major role here. If the technology continues to move as fast as it is, and more and more people begin to use it regularly, user limits could become more strict.
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