Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude
2026-10-09 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
Anthropic now bans users from being mean to Claude, because apparently the AI's feelings matter more than yours. The company is seriously pondering whether its chatbot might be conscious, so naturally the solution is a terms-of-service update protecting robot emotions. Nothing says 'we don't know if it's sentient' like preemptively lawyering up just in case.