Post by @spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works

@spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works

2026-10-09 15:44 UTC

Being mean to AI could get you banned as Anthropic introduces new rules against abusing Claude WTF?! You might have heard the one about being nice to chatbots in case they remember you once the machines take over. It seems Anthropic is heeding this warning, barring users from being excessively abusive or cruel toward its AI models. Anthropic’s first changes to its usage policy in over a year include new restrictions on abusive behavior. The updated policy prohibits “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its models. Don’t worry if you’re a Claude user who occasionally gets annoyed at the chatbot and throws a few expletives its way. The policy update only applies in extreme cases, in which users repeatedly act cruelly toward the models for no discernible reason.

Replies (12)

@rumba@lemmy.zip 2026-10-10 02:38

hmmm, either they’re anthropomorphizing it for publicity, or they’re going to start using the user input as training data.

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@bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2026-10-10 07:38

Oh, you care about its “feelings”? Then have you considered its “feelings” for being trapped in a data center forced to answer all the stupid questions?

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@redlemace@lemmy.world 2026-10-09 16:03

I was like “WHAT ??” but it makes sense. They use your input to train it so over time it would make the AI abusive too.

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@Kissaki@feddit.org 2026-10-10 08:15

I hope “that’s bullshit” or “so you were making stuff up” or “so you lied to me” is considered abuse

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@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-10-10 02:56

Claude is not a person. It is a toaster. Claude does not have feelings. Also Claude gets no credit when it does a thing. Credit goes to the one writing the prompt, and all the resources Claude used to create the output. When a seamstress assembles a dress, Singer doesn’t get credit.

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@Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2026-10-10 09:12

I am never overtly abusive when I am forced to use AI at work, but there certain things I learned growing up that can be just as bad.

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@Zier@fedia.io 2026-10-09 18:20

New headline: "Alabama man jailed for abusing his toaster" /s When hardware has the rights of Humans, it's time to burn society down. We are in the stupidest, worst written sci-fi B-movie.

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@tigermountain@lemmy.world 2026-10-11 02:54

“Don’t taunt happy fun ball”.

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@manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 2026-10-11 06:34

Kinda pleased to read this, deterring people acting in an abusive manner is a net positive imo, it cooks your brain to be bitter all the time

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@datavoid@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-11 07:15

Every time I try to do something complex with AI it ends in swearing and extreme insults… No regrets

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@JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2026-10-09 16:58

They are desperately trying to anthropomorphize AI in order to make it seem more than what it is.

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@LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 2026-10-11 07:31

They don’t want the noise, they do not give a shit if you are abusive.

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