TNB Tech Minute: Anthropic Faces Potential Class-Action Over Claude AI Usage Limits

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[upbeat music] Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Monday, June 15th. I'm Imani Moise for The Wall Street Journal. We exclusively report that a Claude AI customer is suing Anthropic, alleging that the company oversold the usage allowances offered in its priciest subscription tier. In a federal lawsuit filed today, DC-based customer, Karl Kann, claims that Claude AI's $100 and $200 monthly plans deliver actual usage far below the advertised amounts. The suit is seeking class action status and reimbursements for customers who have purchased the plan since April of last year. Anthropic declined to comment. The UK will force leading social media companies to restrict access for teenagers under 16 years old starting early next year. The British prime minister says the government is stepping in to protect children after tech giants failed to act. The new rules will include platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, while also banning minors under 16 from live streaming and restricting direct messages from strangers. Messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal won't be included in the overall ban. And Fox Corporation says it's acquiring streaming platform Roku in a deal valued at around $22 billion. The deal, Fox's