{"id":12172,"date":"2026-10-09T14:32:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/anthropic-bans-users-from-needless-abusive-or-cruel-behavior-towards-claude\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T14:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:32:54","slug":"anthropic-bans-users-from-needless-abusive-or-cruel-behavior-towards-claude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/anthropic-bans-users-from-needless-abusive-or-cruel-behavior-towards-claude\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic bans users from \u2018needless abusive or cruel behavior\u2019 towards Claude"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>Anthropic\u2019s CEO, Dario Amodei, at a a press briefing with Donald Trump on 29 September 2026 in Washington DC. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><figcaption>Anthropic\u2019s CEO, Dario Amodei, at a a press briefing with Donald Trump on 29 September 2026 in Washington DC. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>Anthropic bans users from \u2018needless abusive or cruel behavior\u2019 towards Claude<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the tech company did not specify what kind of behavior would be considered abusive<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic has barred users from exhibiting \u201csustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior\u201d toward its models, as the company\u2019s leaders continue to ponder machine consciousness<\/p>\n<p>The Verge first reported the change in policy<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Anthropic, which is behind the AI chatbot Claude, did not immediately respond to an inquiry about what could be considered \u201cabusive or cruel\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/how-oversharing-online-helps-scammers-target-you\/\" title=\"Comment le partage excessif d&#039;informations en ligne vous rend vuln\u00e9rable aux arnaques\">en ligne<\/a> user policy, the San Francisco-based company noted that its ban would not apply to common user frustrations, model testing or \u201cdark creative themes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic\u2019s usage policy previously contained restrictions on abusive conduct<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s large language models have the ability to end a conversation if a user is being persistently harmful. When that feature rolled out last August, the company framed it as a safeguard for AI\u2019s welfare<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain highly uncertain about the potential moral status of Claude and other LLMs, now or in the future. However, we take the issue seriously, and alongside our research <a href=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/expanding-the-cyber-verification-program\/\" title=\"Extension du programme de v\u00e9rification cybern\u00e9tique\">program<\/a> we\u2019re working to identify and implement low-cost interventions to mitigate risks to model welfare, in case such welfare is possible. Allowing models to end or exit potentially distressing interactions is one such intervention,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>The notion of AI systems being conscious has been highly polarizing in and outside the tech world<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic\u2019s CEO, Dario Amodei, has said he cannot rule out the possibility<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sam Altman, CEO of rival OpenAI, has appeared averse to the idea<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models, and think it is a real safety issue,\u201d he wrote in an X post, days after the New York Times reported on Anthropic leaders\u2019 extensive conversations with religious scholars<\/p>\n<p>Explorez davantage ces sujets Partager<br \/>\n<a 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