Is that why Anthropic recently gave out free credits for use in off-hours? Possi...

ac29 · 2026-04-16T16:10:02 1776355802

That was the carrot, but it was followed immediately by the stick (5 hour session limits were halved during peak hours)

troupo · 2026-04-16T17:12:47 1776359567

> Is that why Anthropic recently gave out free credits for use in off-hours?

That was the carrot for the stick. The limits and the issues were never officially recognized or communicated. Neither have been the "off-hours credits". You would only know about them if you logged in to your dashboard. When is the last time you logged in there?

DaedalusII · 2026-04-16T15:05:09 1776351909

i suspect they get cheap off peak electricity and compute is cheaper at those times

jedberg · 2026-04-16T15:54:48 1776354888

That's not really how datacenter power works. It's usually a bulk buy with a 95th percentile usage.

cheeze · 2026-04-16T16:33:25 1776357205

I think it's a lot simpler than that. At peak, gpus are all running hot. During low volume, they aren't.