So basically, Anthropic can charge you for tokens you don't even see. "Trust me bro, you really did use $5,000 worth of tokens to generate that pelican". We need AI consumer rights, urgently.
People should just walk away if they see something like that. This is where the actual, practical, consumer rights start. Not with the regulation. But with the customers being determined to stand up for themselves. And not just fold.
There are plenty of good enough models that are open weight and whose use comes with almost no strings attached. And plenty of great harnesses such as various flavours of Pi.