# Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude

> Anthropic is making changes to its usage policy for the first time in over a year to reflect new and high-risk cases of misuse — including election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and health and…

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1008100/anthropic-new-usage-policy-abuse-claude?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6ac7e25d602a51bff1db6a79)
- **Published:** 2026-10-08
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #claude #anthropic #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6ac7e25d602a51bff1db6a79

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