Anthropic bans cruel behavior toward Claude in new terms update

Anthropic has updated its terms of service to prohibit sustained and abusive or cruel behavior toward Claude, its AI assistant. Users who cross the line can now have conversations ended by the system. The policy raises questions about AI consciousness and personhood in an era when people increasingly interact with AI as if it were sentient.

Yahoo Finance hosts discuss whether abusive inputs might influence how Claude responds to other users, and what the rule reveals about debates over AI ethics and treatment. The segment includes Claude's own response when asked to explain the new policy, offering the model's perspective on the update.