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BBC — Technology · October 10, 2026 · On the brief until October 24, 2026

Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems

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Cutting off interactions with abusive human users

Anthropic updated its policy to let its chatbots terminate conversations with users who display sustained, cruel behavior. The change pushes researchers and students to reconsider whether code can be an object of abuse. It also brings corporate policy directly into debates on anthropomorphism and human habit formation.

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Discuss whether penalizing cruelty toward chatbots prevents bad interpersonal habits or dangerously anthropomorphizes mathematical code.

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