Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticized Anthropic’s recent usage restrictions on its Claude Fable AI model, arguing that the limits “don’t make sense” for developers and enterprise customers. Nadella’s comments come amid growing debate within the AI industry over how companies should balance model safety, infrastructure costs, and user access. Anthropic recently introduced tighter controls on the use of Claude Fable, citing infrastructure management and service reliability, with reported restrictions including usage limits for high-volume users, controls on intensive workloads, measures to manage compute demand, policies designed to maintain service stability, and safeguards intended to balance access across customers. According to Nadella, restricting access too aggressively risks limiting the value that enterprises and developers can derive from AI, with potential concerns including reduced developer productivity, slower enterprise AI adoption, less flexibility for complex workflows, friction for software development, and constraints on innovation. His comments reflect Microsoft’s broader strategy of making AI capabilities widely available through products such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure AI, and OpenAI-powered services.