Anthropic Billing System Tried to Charge Free User $16.6M
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Anthropic Acknowledges $16.6 Million Billing Error, User Reveals Repeated Charge Attempts Blocked Bank Card, Four-Day Support Ordeal
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. The incident first came to light after the…
Why did Anthropic charge a free user $16.6 million despite zero API usage?
A Korean Claude user has alleged that Anthropic tried to charge a hefty $16.6 million amount for using API and the most surprising part is that the user had zero usage. As per report published by...
Anthropic Free User Says Billing System Tried to Charge $16.6 Million
A startling billing incident involving Anthropic has sparked widespread discussion online after a Korean user claimed the company’s billing system attempted to charge them up to $16.6 million, despite being on the free plan and reporting zero API usage. According to screenshots shared by the user, the invoices were generated through Stripe and originated from […]
Controversy is brewing after a domestic user claims to have received an email from Antropic billing them for usage fees amounting to tens of billions of won. The company stated that its internal investigation failed to identify any source capable of generating the actual charges, raising the possibility of a billing error. In response, Entropic maintained that it is difficult to provide specific verification regarding the matter of an individual…
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