Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference

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In Brief Posted: 11:16 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 Image Credits:Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images Russell Brandom Anthropic changes usage policy to ban model abuse and election interference

简讯发布于：太平洋夏令时间 2026年10月8日上午11:16 图片来源：Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto / Getty Images Russell Brandom Anthropic 修改使用政策以禁止模型滥用和选举干预

Anthropic updated its usage policy on Thursday, codifying new prohibitions on election interference, weapons software, and surveillance. But perhaps the most attention-getting change is a new prohibition against prolonged verbal abuse of the model, which is now expressly forbidden.

Anthropic 周四更新了其使用政策，将针对选举干预、武器软件和监控的新禁令编入条文。但最引人注目的变化或许是针对长期言语虐待模型的禁令，此类行为现已被明确禁止。

Since an update in August, Claude has been trained to end conversations with “persistently harmful or abusive user interactions” — but the new policy explicitly bars users from pursuing those conversations. “The policy update is meant to apply only in extreme cases, where users repeatedly act cruelly toward our models, with no discernible purpose,” the post explains. “It does not apply to common versions of user frustration, pushback, dark creative themes, or model testing and research.”

自八月份更新以来，Claude 已经过训练，能够终止与“持续有害或辱骂性用户互动”的对话——但新政策明确禁止用户继续进行此类对话。该文章解释称：“此次政策更新仅适用于极端情况，即用户在没有明显目的的情况下反复对我们的模型表现出残忍行为。它不适用于常见的用户挫败感、抵触情绪、暗黑创意主题或模型测试与研究。”

The change comes after Anthropic has sought out collaborations with prominent religious scholars — in some cases, seeking to convince them that Claude could be conscious or have a soul. Separate sections of the usage policy forbid users from engaging in broadly deceptive campaigns, such as using Claude to run fake accounts or fabricated news outlets. The policy also includes rules against deceiving voters or disrupting elections, collected in a section titled “Do Not Undermine Democratic Processes.”

此次变动发生于 Anthropic 寻求与知名宗教学者合作之后——在某些情况下，该公司试图说服他们 Claude 可能具有意识或灵魂。使用政策的独立章节禁止用户参与广泛的欺骗性活动，例如利用 Claude 运营虚假账户或捏造新闻媒体。该政策还包括禁止欺骗选民或破坏选举的规则，这些规则被归纳在题为“不要破坏民主进程”的章节中。