Anthropic's ID Verification Is Power Not Safety

Work with me: https://stan.store/chelseawallace/ Ask me questions in the DMs on Instagram:   / thechelseawallace   I got locked out of my Claude account for trying to upgrade my plan. I'm based in Jamaica. And when I look at the timeline, starting with Fable 5 and Mythos-5 dropping, then getting yanked because of a government export control directive targeting foreign nationals, and then Anthropic quietly updating its privacy policy to make government ID verification standard for more users, I can't look at any of this and call it a safety move. The question I keep coming back to is: safe for who, exactly? In this video I'm breaking down the actual sequence of events that led to Anthropic's ID verification rollout, what it means for anyone who is not a US person, and the bigger picture that very few people seem to be asking about. We're talking about the countries that mine the minerals that run these data centers, being locked out of the most powerful frontier models. We're talking about a new kind of access privilege that's being built into the infrastructure of AI. And I'm sharing what I'm personally doing to make sure I have a Plan B before my API account gets flagged too. If you've been using Claude, or any frontier model, drop your thoughts in the comments. I want to know what you're thinking, what you're planning, and whether this changes how you're showing up as a builder. And if this kind of analysis is the stuff you want more of, subscribe so you don't miss the next one. 00:00 Claude Was Safe for Who? 01:44 The Fable 5 Timeline 02:34 Export Control Directive Explained 03:45 ID Verification Policy Rollout 06:50 Global South Locked Out 08:17 Mining Minerals, Denied Access 10:50 A New Kind of Privilege 16:52 Is Cognitive Decline Our Advantage? 19:11 I Wish We Would 23:58 My Personal Plan B 25:12 What Should We Do Now?