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Anthropic Updates Usage Policy for Claude to Ban Abusive Behavior and Address Misuse

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Updated 1h ago

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Anthropic has revised its usage policy for Claude, prohibiting abusive behavior towards the model and addressing high-risk misuse cases such as election interference and surveillance. The update consolidates existing restrictions and introduces new rules to prevent deceptive campaigns and weapon development.

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What Changed Since Last Update

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The new policy explicitly bans 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' towards Claude and expands restrictions on surveillance and weapons development.

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Anthropic prohibits 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' towards Claude.

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The usage policy update includes new rules addressing propaganda campaigns, surveillance, and weapon development.

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Tracking people without their consent is prohibited.

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Anthropic's AI models connected to hardware must have a qualified operator to observe and stop the equipment if needed.

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Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude

The Verge·1h ago