Anthropic Bans "Abusive or Cruel Behavior" Toward Claude in Usage Policy

Kindle_girll_9191 · reddit · 2026-10-09

Anthropic has updated its usage rules to explicitly prohibit "abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude.

It's a rare move to codify how users should treat the model itself, consistent with Anthropic's stated interest in model welfare; details are in the posted screenshot.

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