Anthropic Faces Class Action Over Misleading AI Pricing and Token Caps

A California class-action alleges Anthropic misled Claude Max 5x and Max 20x subscribers by advertising higher weekly token allowances than users actually received, claiming the limits were far below what was advertised and the pricing model was opaque. The suit, which cites emails sent to subscribers, highlights the broader issue of rising costs in frontier AI and the push from some competitors toward cheaper alternatives, with Anthropic declining to comment as related model access restrictions and affordability debates intensify.