Anthropic's updated policy bans sustained, needless abusive or cruel behavior toward Claude

The Verge reports that Anthropic's usage-policy update prohibits “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude. Anthropic says the rule applies to extreme, repeated cruelty without a discernible purpose—not ordinary frustration or model testing. Ending conversations remains its primary enforcement mechanism. The update also restricts deceptive political or commercial campaigns and expands the weapons ban to related software and components.