The revised policy takes effect on November 12, 2026. It prohibits repeated, apparently purposeless cruelty toward Claude; Anthropic says its main response will be to end the conversation, while ordinary complaints, model testing and research are exempt. The policy also expands weapons restrictions and prohibits tracking people without consent.
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Anthropic is changing its usage policy for the first time in over a year, prohibiting “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude. The update says ending conversations remains the primary enforcement mechanism.
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The revised policy takes effect on November 12, 2026. It prohibits repeated, apparently purposeless cruelty toward Claude; Anthropic says its main response will be to end the conversation, while ordinary complaints, model testing and research are exempt. The policy also expands weapons restrictions and prohibits tracking people without consent.
Anthropic updated its usage policy to prohibit deceiving voters, disrupting elections and prolonged verbal abuse of the model. The abuse rule applies only to extreme cases of repeated cruelty toward its models with no discernible purpose; it does not cover ordinary user frustration, pushback, or model testing and research.
Anthropic is changing its usage policy for the first time in over a year, prohibiting “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude. The update says ending conversations remains the primary enforcement mechanism.