Anthropic usage policy changes
The Claude usage-policy changes taking effect on Nov 12.
- Oct 1120:08
Anthropic Updates Claude Usage Policy: Armed Drones Named and Banned, Effective Nov 12
in its first major policy overhaul in over a year, Anthropic wrote explicit bans on arming drones and on deciding who gets arrested — effective Nov 12 — its first written restatement of both red lines since the Pentagon stopped using Claude on Oct 5.
- Oct 910:50
Anthropic's New Rule: Sustained, Needless Abuse of Claude Can Lead to Account Restrictions — Effective Nov 12
It is Anthropic's first Usage Policy update in over a year and the first to make "sustained and needless" abuse of its models a violation, punishable up to account termination; the same update tightens weapons and surveillance clauses.