Anthropic updates policy to prohibit abusing Claude

Anthropic updated its usage policy for the first time in more than a year. It now prohibits persistent and needless insults or cruelty toward Claude. Violations may result in warnings, rate limits, restrictions, suspension, or termination of access.

Anthropic updated its usage policy with new rules against election interference, weapon software, and surveillance, and explicitly prohibited prolonged verbal abuse of its models. The policy applies only to extreme cases in which users repeatedly and maliciously attack a model without a clear purpose; it does not cover ordinary user frustration, disagreement, or dark creative themes. It also prohibits using Claude to operate fake accounts, fabricate news outlets, or deceive voters.

Anthropic updated its usage policy for the first time in more than a year, adding a ban on "persistent and needless abuse or cruelty" toward Claude. It says ending a conversation remains the primary enforcement measure. The clause applies only to extreme cases in which users repeatedly mistreat the model cruelly without an apparent purpose; it does not cover ordinary frustration, disagreement, dark creative themes, or model testing and research.