Blocking the door and still charging a toll—now that’s a pro.

Anthropic posted that after its new defenses went live, the reasoning tokens the distillation crowd could siphon off dropped by 90–99%. Accounts get banned within two hours, and tens of thousands have already been taken down. But here’s the real kicker: starting September 24, requests blocked by its safety policies will still be charged.

The door’s welded shut, but the bill still arrives. I know this move—on-chain crypto whales aren’t even this brazen when they charge gas fees.

To all you folks holding AI-computing tokens: is this hit aimed at the scrapers feeding on the data, or at your holdings? Drop your cost basis in the comments, then vote 1 or 2 based on what you think.

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