# Anthropic bans abusive chatbot behavior

> Anthropic updates policies to outlaw 'abusing' its AI models.
- Title: Anthropic bans abusive chatbot behavior · AV Club | Shortify
- Summary: Anthropic updates policies to outlaw 'abusing' its AI models. Anthropic updated policies to forbid 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward…
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- Source: AV Club — https://avclub.com/anthropic-updates-policy-to-outlaw-abusing-claude-models
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## Anthropic updates policies
Anthropic updated policies to explicitly forbid 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward its AI models.

> sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior
## Claude terminates abusive users
Claude is allowed to terminate conversations with persistently abusive users.

> persistently abusive users
## Policy excludes normal frustration
The policy does not apply to common user frustration, pushback, or dark creative themes.

> common versions of user frustration, pushback, dark creative themes
## Key takeaway

Anthropic updated policies to forbid 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward its AI models, allowing them to terminate conversations with persistently abusive users.