Anthropic bans cruel treatment of Claude in its usage policy
Anthropic added a line to its AI usage policy asking users not to engage in "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward its models. Claude has been able to end conversations with persistently harmful users since last year; now, in extreme cases, some users could be permanently banned. The company told CNN the main enforcement mechanism will remain Claude ending the conversation and that the prohibition does not apply to frustration, blunt feedback, or testing and research.
In 40 seconds
- Anthropic added a ban on sustained abusive or cruel behavior toward its models to its usage policy.
- Claude could already end conversations with persistently harmful users; permanent bans are now contemplated in extreme cases.
- The company says it will not sanction frustration, blunt feedback, or testing and research.
IASummary generated by artificial intelligence from a story by CNN. It may contain errors: the original source prevails.




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