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Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude

The Guardian — Tech · · International · AI Governance

A spokesperson behind the tech company’s AI chatbot has not yet specified what counts as abusive or cruel content Anthropic has barred users from exhibiting “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its models, as the company’s leaders continue to ponder machine consciousness. The Verge first reported the change in policy. Continue reading...

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