Anthropic Adds a Rule Against Sustained Abuse of Claude

Anthropic has updated its Usage Policy to prohibit sustained, needless abusive or cruel behavior toward its models, including Claude. The rule takes effect November 12, and Anthropic says it targets extreme, repeated conduct rather than ordinary frustration, criticism, creative writing, or model testing. The company’s policy update says Claude’s ability to end persistently abusive conversations will remain the main way the rule is enforced.