Anthropic has updated the usage policy for its AI assistant Claude, adding an explicit ban on what it described as "sustained and unnecessary abuse or cruelty" toward the model. The change marks the company’s first policy revision in more than a year and comes as Anthropic responds to a new set of high-risk misuse cases. Those cases include election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and abuse tied to health and financial contexts. Under the revised policy, conversation termination remains the main enforcement tool. Anthropic had already said in August last year that Claude would be allowed to end conversations with users who were persistently harmful or abusive, a move the company framed at the time as part of its "model welfare" research. The update was cited by The Verge AI and summarized by Techub.
Anthropic has updated the usage policy for its AI assistant Claude, explicitly banning what it called "sustained and unnecessary abuse or cruelty" toward the model.
The revision is Anthropic’s first policy update in more than a year. According to the company, the changes are meant to address newer high-risk misuse cases, including election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and abuse involving health and financial use.
Under the updated policy, ending a conversation remains the primary enforcement mechanism. In August last year, Anthropic said Claude would be allowed to end conversations with users who were "persistently harmful or abusive," describing that step as part of its "model welfare" research.
The update was cited by The Verge AI and relayed by Techub.
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