Anthropic announced that, effective 3 p.m. ET on April 4, its Claude AI will no longer be free for third‑party applications. Users of OpenClaw and similar tools must now purchase a usage bundle or provide a Claude API key. Founder and head of Claude Code, Boris Cherny, cited engineering constraints and capacity limits as the reason for the change, noting that existing subscription plans were not designed for the heavy usage patterns of these integrations. The move forces developers and end‑users to reconsider how they access Anthropic’s models. Read more →