Anthropic clears security researchers for Opus with just an ID check

Getting into Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program takes less than security researchers expected. A r/ClaudeAI post from someone who got accepted describes a process that's mostly identity verification, with 210 upvotes on the thread.

CVP is what lets verified researchers get Opus to work on security tasks its safety filters would otherwise refuse. Some commenters say they were approved for reasons that weren't even cyber-related, which suggests the bar is lower than the word "program" implies.

Approval doesn't turn the filters off. According to commenters, Opus keeps questioning requests even from verified accounts, so CVP changes who gets access, not what the model will do once they have it.

Two other details narrow the picture. CVP only covers Opus. Fable reportedly still downgrades or refuses instantly on the same security prompts no matter your verification status. And nobody in the thread describes an equivalent track for biology researchers doing sensitive work, so whatever reasoning produced CVP for cyber hasn't extended there.

All of this comes from one Reddit thread, not from Anthropic's own account of the program. The post doesn't say what the ID check actually involves beyond confirming identity, so the mechanics here are a practitioner's report, not documented policy.