Developers report Claude refusals disrupting work
Anthropic confirms targeted prompt change to stop game cloning, but users report stalled paid projects and refused software analysis tasks
Anthropic added restrictions to Claude Code to steer it away from recreating existing games. Developers say refusals are affecting paid client projects and software-analysis tasks; one developer switched to an older model to continue working. The company has not confirmed whether reverse-engineering refusals are tied to the new instructions or separate cybersecurity restrictions.