Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude

What Happened

Anthropic suspended the account of Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw, citing suspicious activity. The ban lasted hours before reinstatement after public outcry. Steinberger works at OpenAI rival. The incident follows Anthropic's policy change requiring separate API payments for third-party tools like OpenClaw, previously covered by subscriptions. Steinberger criticized the timing, suggesting it coincided with Anthropic launching competing features.

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