Anthropic to ban "abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude starting Nov. 12

Polymarket · x · 2026-10-09

Anthropic announced that starting Nov. 12, users will be prohibited from engaging in "abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude AI models, formally writing conduct norms for human-AI interaction into its terms. The unusual "protect the model" clause has sparked wide discussion, with Polymarket even listing odds on an Anthropic training pause.

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