Anthropic updates Claude usage policy
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Anthropic updated its usage policy for the first time in over a year, adding a ban on "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude. The change targets how users interact with the model itself, not just what they use it to produce. According to TechCrunch, the update also bans election interference and weapons software.
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- The DecoderAnthropic's new Claude usage policy bans sustained abuse of the model
Anthropic updated its Claude usage policy for the first time in over a year, adding a ban on "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude.
- TechCrunch · AIAnthropic updates usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference
Anthropic updated its usage policy Thursday to ban election interference, weapons software.
- The Verge · AIAnthropic bans 'abusive or cruel behavior' toward Claude in first usage policy update in over a year
Anthropic updated its usage policy for the first time in over a year, adding a prohibition on "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude.
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