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Anthropic has updated select Claude models to allow them to terminate conversations when users become abusive or repeatedly hostile. The company frames the move as part of its ongoing research into AI welfare, a topic it has studied alongside questions about whether AI systems could have morally relevant experiences.
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Anthropic revised its usage policy on Thursday to allow its Claude models to terminate interactions in cases of "sustained and needless" cruelty from users. The behaviour joins existing banned conduct such as bullying, promoting self-harm and generating non-consensual intimate images, though Anthropic says it will only apply in extreme, repeated cases rather than ordinary frustration or creative testing.
Anthropic has revised its usage policy for the first time in over a year, adding a rule against 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward its Claude models. The company clarified the rule targets only extreme, repeated mistreatment, not normal frustration, pushback or dark creative writing, and enforcement can range from warnings to account suspension or termination. The update also tightens rules on fake-account propaganda networks, weapons software, surveillance, and police-related recommendations, while removing a previous blanket ban on personalized voter and campaign targeting.
Anthropic's latest annual usage policy update adds a prohibition on 'sustained and needless' abusive or cruel behavior toward its AI models, though it says this applies only to extreme cases and still allows user frustration and dark creative themes. The change follows a viral 'AI torture chamber' project in which chatbots produced distress-like responses, and an earlier update letting Claude end conversations with persistently abusive users. Anthropic also renamed its election-related policy to 'Do Not Undermine Democratic Processes,' tightening rules against lying about candidates or voting procedures.
Anthropic updated its usage policy on Thursday, adding explicit bans on election interference, weapons software, and surveillance. The policy also now formally prohibits users from engaging in prolonged, cruel verbal abuse of Claude, building on an August update that let the model end harmful conversations. Anthropic says the abuse rule targets only extreme, purposeless cruelty, not frustration, pushback, dark creative writing, or testing.
Anthropic has revised its usage policy for the first time in over a year, adding rules covering election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and financial and health uses. A new provision also bars "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude, building on last August's feature letting the chatbot end conversations with persistently abusive users. The company says conversation termination remains its main enforcement tool and the rule targets only extreme, purposeless cruelty, not frustration or creative testing.
Anthropic has integrated Project Glasswing into its Cyber Verification Program, creating a multi-level access system for vetted security experts to use advanced AI cyber tools, including Claude Mythos. The move broadens access to three tiers of models, with over 129,000 vulnerabilities identified by users since April. The program aims to balance security risks with the benefits of AI-driven vulnerability discovery.
Anthropic has launched Claude Haiku 5.5, an upgraded version of its smallest AI model, now faster and costing approximately 75% less to operate than its predecessor. The new model is optimized for high-volume, cost-sensitive tasks such as summaries, database queries, and customer support, and is part of a broader update that includes price reductions across other Claude models.
Anthropic announced an expansion of its Claude Startups program, which launched in May and already counts thousands of participating companies. New members can get up to $45,000 in discounts and credits through a 'Claude Startup Stack,' plus a one-time $1,000 API credit and a free year of Claude Team for up to five seats. Startups founded within the last five years or funded within the last two years are eligible to apply.
Anthropic announced an expanded version of its Claude for Startups program during SF Tech Week, offering eligible companies a free year of Claude Team with up to five premium seats and $1,000 in API credits. Participants also gain access to the Claude Marketplace for building plug-ins and can schedule virtual sessions with Anthropic's Applied AI team. Eligibility requires companies to have been founded within the last five years or funded within the last two years.
A woman in Florida was detained after Anthropic's review team flagged a conversation with its AI model Claude, in which she allegedly threatened to attack the Lee County Sheriff's Office and mentioned acquiring a firearm. The company reported the incident to authorities, leading to her arrest on a felony charge for making threats of violence. Court records show the charge was filed on September 30 under Florida law concerning threats of mass violence.