https://it-news.uk/tags/billing/ Recent content in Billing on IT News Hugo en-us Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/anthropic-billing-bug-16-million-developer/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/anthropic-billing-bug-16-million-developer/ <p>What&rsquo;s worse than a $16.6 million bill you never asked for? The four days of silence that follow when you try to get an explanation.</p> <p>A Korean developer known as @remy_notes found out the hard way last week. On July 11, his bank account was hit with two charges from Anthropic: one for $1.6 million, another for $16.62 million. The surreal part — when he checked his Claude API console, it showed a balance of exactly $0. No activity. No charges. Nothing.</p>