India, Oct. 9 -- Anthropic has updated its usage policy to introduce restrictions on "sustained and needless abusive behaviour" towards its AI models.

The company said the restrictions on abusing its models are intended for extreme cases in which users repeatedly act cruelly towards Claude without any discernible purpose. However, the company clarified that the rule does not cover ordinary user frustration, pushback against the chatbot's responses, dark creative themes, or model testing and research.

"Claude's ability to end these interactions will remain the primary enforcement mechanism," Anthropic said in its updated usage policy, which is set to take effect from November 12.

The update builds on a measure Anthropic introduced in Au...