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nsagent • today at 3:45 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> Using privacy-preserving methods, we study 207,000 Claude and Claude Code research sessions to understand how Claude is used across scientific fields and research tasks.

Did they get permission to use researchers' data or did they monitor and extract data without consent? Considering the kerfuffle OpenAI generated with their math proofs, you'd think Anthropic would take a hint and be clear that they did the research with consent, though that assumes they got consent.

Seriously, all the industry researchers at these companies went through IRB training during their PhD; have they just conveniently forgotten?


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adrianN • today at 5:01 PM

Isn’t there something in the terms of service that gives them essentially blanket permission to read you conversations?

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