I've switched over to Codex. On Extra High reasoning it seems very capable and is definitely catching mistakes Sonnet has missed. I'd love to move back to Opus but at this time it is untenable.
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I am absolutely moving off them if this continues to be the case.
This was Opus saying that after reviewing the [REDACTED] bug bounty program guidelines and having them in context.
Incredible - in one fell swoop killing my entire use case for Claude.
I have about 15 submissions that I now need to work with Codex on cause this "smarter" model refuses to read program guidelines and take them seriously.
⎿ API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears to violate our Usage Policy (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). This request triggered restrictions on violative cyber content and was blocked under Anthropic's
Usage Policy. To request an adjustment pursuant to our Cyber Verification Program based on how you use Claude, fill out
https://claude.com/form/cyber-use-case?token=[REDACTED] Please double press esc to edit your last message or
start a new session for Claude Code to assist with a different task. If you are seeing this refusal repeatedly, try running /model claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to switch models.
This is gonna kill everything I've been working on. I have several reproduced items at [REDACTED] that I've been working on.They've increased their cybersecurity usage filters to the point that Opus 4.7 refuses to work on any valid work, even after web fetching the program guidelines itself and acknowledging "This is authorized research under the [Redacted] Bounty program, so the findings here are defensive research outputs, not malware. I'll analyze and draft, not weaponize anything beyond what's needed to prove the bug to [Redacted].
I will immediately switch over to Codex if this continues to be an issue. I am new to security research, have been paid out on several bugs, but don't have a CVE or public talk so they are ready to cut me out already.
Edit: these changes are also retroactive to Opus 4.6. I am stuck using Sonnet until they approve me or make a change.
Debt. Defense. Dole.
Welfare, defense, interest on debt. That’s it.
Probably not in scope but maybe https://bugcrowd.com/engagements/cloudinary will care?
This is bad.
I’m not interested in about 75% of this offering. Really wish they had pieced this out or done a credit system for it all. I want higher coding and LLM limits, Deep Think, and would like to try agent stuff, but don’t care at all about image or video generation, Notebook limits, YouTube Premium, or more storage.
$250 is a the highest cost AI sub now. Not loving this direction.
What’s the harm? Parent can choose to not read if they want.
Please please please add SSO for Google and Apple to your site. You’ll immediately see sign ups increase.