06/24/2026
So AI companies are wanting to see your ID to meet government standards, but you don’t have to have a ID to vote?
Anthropic is rolling out mandatory government ID and biometric selfie checks for flagged Claude users.
Anthropic's updated privacy policy officially takes effect on July 8, 2026. The AI company will require users flagged for potential violations to upload a physical passport or driver's license alongside a live selfie.
Verification is handled by Persona, a third-party identity platform backed by Founders Fund partner Peter Thiel. The system generates facial geometry templates that qualify as biometric data.
Digital IDs are rejected. Anthropic's official support documentation states the company asks for the "minimum information required" to verify identity and process appeals.
The company confirmed this sensitive verification data will not be used to train its language models.