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Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude

The Guardian UK Friday 09 October 2026, 01:25 UTC By Uwa Ede-Osifo 1 min read
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A spokesperson behind the tech company’s AI chatbot has not yet specified what counts as abusive or cruel contentAnthropic has barred users from exhibiting “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its models, as the company’s leaders continue to ponder machine consciousness. The Verge first reported the change in policy.

A spokesperson behind the tech company’s AI chatbot has not yet specified what counts as abusive or cruel content

Anthropic has barred users from exhibiting “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its models, as the company’s leaders continue to ponder machine consciousness.

The Verge first reported the change in policy.

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