Recently, the conflict between the AI company Anthropic and Peter Steinberger, the founder of OpenClaw, has drawn widespread attention. Last week, Anthropic announced a ban on OpenClaw, and this week, it took similar measures against Peter Steinberger. He posted on the social platform X: "Yes, everyone, in the future, ensuring compatibility between OpenClaw and Anthropic models will be more difficult."

Steinberger also attached a screenshot of an email from Anthropic's security team, which stated that his personal Claude account had been suspended due to suspicious activity. Although the ban lasted only two hours, Steinberger felt helpless and angry during that time.

His account was restored after two hours, and Steinberger again posted on social media expressing his gratitude. However, the aftermath of the incident did not subside, and netizens launched heated discussions about Anthropic's actions, even giving rise to various conspiracy theories and doubts. Some people believe that Steinberger may have indeed violated the terms of service, while others are skeptical, thinking it might be an error by Anthropic.

Steinberger insisted that his usage behavior fully complied with the official regulations, stating that he had become a paying customer and was using the official API. In response, netizens also raised doubts, questioning why he still used Anthropic's products despite working at its competitor, OpenAI.

As the discussion deepened, an engineer from Anthropic, Thariq Shihipar, also joined the conversation, stating that the ban might have been due to a sensitive abuse detection system. He offered to help Steinberger resolve the issue.

Although the result of this incident was the restoration of Steinberger's account, the relationship between him and Anthropic has clearly suffered a rift. This event also reflects that in the era of large models, the survival and development of open-source software remain constrained by decisions made by model vendors.

Key Points:

🌐 Anthropic briefly banned OpenClaw and its founder Peter Steinberger, causing public controversy.

⏳ The ban lasted only two hours, and Steinberger expressed his helplessness after being restored.

💼 Steinberger emphasized that his usage behavior followed the official regulations and believed that this ban might have been a misunderstanding.