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Anthropic bans 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward its AI models
Anthropic's annual usage policy update includes one eyebrow-raising change: a ban on "sustained and needless" cruelty toward its AI models. This comes in the shadow of a viral "AI torture chamber" project.
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Anthropic’s latest usage policy adds a prohibition on “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models,” a change prompted by a viral “AI torture chamber” project. The update, released in 2026, marks the company’s first explicit ban on such treatment of its AI systems.
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