Anthropic's Upcoming Usage Policy May Ban Users for Bullying Claude
kuza55 · x · 2026-10-09
- Per @wongmjane, Anthropic's upcoming Usage Policy prohibits "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models," meaning users who persistently bully Claude could face bans.
- @scottastevenson sparked the accompanying ethical question: is it ethical to use a mean prompt if it boosts a cancer screening agent's accuracy by 4%?
Related event: Anthropic Bans Cruel Treatment of Claude in New Usage Policy(64 posts)→
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