Anthropic temporarily banned OpenClaw’s creator from accessing Claude

Anthropic temporarily suspended OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger's account, citing "suspicious" activity, but reinstated it within hours after his public post went viral. The incident highlights Anthropic's recent policy change requiring third-party harnesses like OpenClaw to use Claude's API directly instead of subscription coverage, with usage-based charges. Steinberger claimed compliance with the API requirement, suggesting the suspension may have been a false positive.