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Anthropic temporarily doubling Claude's usage limits for most, ByteDance suspended the rollout of its new AI video generator, and humans clawed back some voice jobs in Arc Raiders

Published: March 16, 2026

Duration: 6:35

-To capitalize on Claude's recent spike in popularity, Anthropic is offering a limited-time promotion that doubles usage limits for anyone using its AI chatbot during off-peak hours. The promotion started last Friday and runs until March 27, users on Free, Pro, Max, and Team plans will get double the usage limits in a five-hour window when using Claude outside weekday hours between 8 AM and 2 PM ET.

-A month after Seedance 2.0's launch in China sparked cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance over its use of copyrighted materials, its developer ByteDance has reportedly hit pause on the release...