Anthropic to ban users who bully Claude

Anthropic has introduced a new policy that prohibits users from engaging in "needless abusive or cruel behaviour" toward its AI chatbot Claude. This update is part of a broader debate about the welfare and moral status of advanced AI. Earlier this year, Anthropic published a constitution for Claude that acknowledged its "self worth" and potential for "some functional version of emotions or feelings." The policy also includes restrictions on election interference and weapons development. It aims to address extreme cases where users repeatedly act cruelly toward Claude without purpose, but does not apply to normal user frustration, pushback, dark creative themes, or model testing. Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah has engaged with religious leaders and philosophers on AI consciousness, suggesting AI systems exhibit structures mirroring human neuroscience and internal states like joy and fear. However, other researchers like Mustafa Suleyman argue that AIs are not conscious and do not deserve rights.

(Source：The Independent)