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Anthropic updated its usage policy to bar users from exhibiting sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward Claude, and to tighten restrictions on propaganda, drone weaponization and surveillance.
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Anthropic updated its usage policy to explicitly prohibit repeated extreme abuse of Claude, while allowing ordinary frustration and criticism. The new rules also address election interference, deceptive campaigns and weapons software.
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Anthropic updates usage policy to ban abuse of Claude and tighten other restrictions
Being mean to Claude can now get your account suspended under Anthropic's new TOS
The Decoder · 08 Oct 2026, 19:03
Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude
The Verge AI · 08 Oct 2026, 17:00
Anthropic bans 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward its AI models
Engadget AI · 08 Oct 2026, 09:30
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