Technology · 1 hour ago

Anthropic bans 'cruel behaviour' towards its chatbot Claude

Anthropic has updated its usage policy to stop people being abusive or cruel to its AI chatbot, Claude, in extreme cases. The company says it will mainly enforce this by having Claude end conversations with persistently harmful users. The new rules also ban using Claude for election interference, weapons development, or surveillance.

By BriefTea Editorial · 9 October 2026 at 15:29

Reported by The Verge · How we write briefs

Get the app

Understand this story

What is Anthropic Claude?

More briefs

PoliticsBurnham calls on Green Party to reverse 'wrong' Zionism motion TechnologyAnthropic offers its powerful AI models to scan open-source projects for free GeneralKing Charles pays Andrew's £1.5m Royal Lodge repair bill TechnologyFired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety' TechnologyChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work TechnologyOpenAI expects $20 billion less revenue than first thought Browse all stories →