Anthropic updated its usage policy on Thursday to expressly prohibit prolonged verbal abuse of Claude, alongside new prohibitions on election interference, weapons software and surveillance.. Since an update in August, Claude has been trained to end conversations involving “persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.” The new policy explicitly bars users from pursuing those conversations..
“The policy update is meant to apply only in extreme cases, where users repeatedly act cruelly toward our models, with no discernible purpose,” Anthropic said in a post. “It does not apply to common versions of user frustration, pushback, dark creative themes, or model testing and research.”.
The change follows Anthropic’s efforts to collaborate with prominent religious scholars, including attempts in some cases to convince them that Claude could be conscious or have a soul.. Separate sections of the usage policy prohibit broadly deceptive campaigns, including using Claude to operate fake accounts or fabricated news outlets..
The policy also prohibits deceiving voters or disrupting elections in a section titled “Do Not Undermine Democratic Processes.”. Featured image credit. Tags: Anthropicclaude
