Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude

Anthropic has updated its usage policy for Claude, prohibiting "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" towards the AI. This marks the first policy change in over a year and also addresses high-risk misuses like election interference, weapons development, surveillance, and health/financial applications. This stance contrasts with some in the AI industry, such as Microsoft AI, which initially rejected the concept of AI welfare and rights, though their public stance later became more nuanced.