Anthropic bans abusive behavior toward Claude

Anthropic updated its usage policy for the first time in over a year, prohibiting sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward Claude, with conversation termination as the primary enforcement. The update also consolidates restrictions on deceptive campaigns, election interference, surveillance, and weapons development.

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