For the first time, it happened to me that Claude refused to do even a basic task

This actually came as a shock to me. I asked Claude to edit a PDF of an invoice which I made for a client, but it just refused to do so. It said that it is already paid, all the taxes are included in it, so I will not do it. You have to create a new invoice in your accounting software. Then I told Claude that I don't want to pollute my accounting software with this accounting entry , but it again refused even after telling it that I own the business and I am the owner of the business. It just said, "Give me the API keys, and I will do it in your accounting software." I was pretty frustrated because there were smaller changes like name change and font change, but it just refused to do so. Then I switched over to Meta Muse Spark, gave it a little bit of information, and it completed the work within half the time that Claude would take. It was much cheaper also. I completely agree that safeguards are needed, but Anthropic is going a little overboard with these kinds of safeguards.