Anthropic's updated usage policy explicitly prohibits users from repeatedly abusing Claude in extreme cases, though ordinary frustration and criticism are still allowed. The new rules also address election interference, deceptive campaigns, weapons software, and surveillance.
Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference

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Anthropic updated its usage policy to ban election interference, weapons software, and surveillance, along with prolonged verbal abuse of its model.
- The policy prohibits election interference and surveillance.
- Prolonged verbal abuse of the model is now banned.
- The policy aims to prevent deceptive campaigns and democratic process disruption.
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