Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude

Summary

Anthropic is updating its usage policy for the first time in over a year to cover newer high-risk misuse, including election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and health and financial uses. One notable change prohibits "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude, and the company says ending conversations remains the "primary enforcement mechanism."

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