Anthropic blocks abusive behavior towards Claude, drops ban on campaign targeting in policy update

Anthropic will prohibit “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” towards its artificial intelligence (AI) models, the company said in an update to its Usage Policy on October 8. The updated policy takes effect on November 12 . Anthropic said the rule applies “only in extreme cases” where users “repeatedly act cruelly toward our models, with no discernible purpose.” It excludes user frustration, pushback, dark creative themes, and model testing and research.