OKX limits Claude access as AI spending hits $8M monthly

OKX restricted employees in Hong Kong and staff traveling through mainland China from using Anthropic’s Claude model after its enterprise account was briefly suspended in early August. Summary OKX restricted Claude access for Hong Kong employees and staff traveling through mainland China recently. Anthropic restored OKX’s enterprise account after a brief suspension in early August, the company said. OKX said earlier usage may have breached Anthropic’s regional access policies covering Greater China operations. The exchange spends between $6 million and $8 million monthly across major artificial intelligence providers. AI adoption forms part of employee performance evaluations as OKX expands internal model usage globally. The exchange’s corporate account has since been restored. However, OKX will redirect affected requests to other artificial intelligence models to avoid further breaches of Anthropic’s regional access rules, Bloomberg reported. OKX also disclosed that it spends between $6 million and $8 million monthly across leading AI providers. At that rate, its annual model spending would range from $72 million to $96 million if monthly costs remained unchanged. OKX Restricts Cl...