Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems
The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.
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""You can't be cruel to numbers and maths.""
— Dr Barry Scannell , Academic
"Reacted to Anthropic's update with a melting face emoji."
— Mustafa Suleyman , Executive
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The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.
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