Anthropic updates its usage policy to ban "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude, ending chats as the primary enforcement mechanism (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Anthropic has updated its usage policy to prohibit "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" towards its AI model, Claude. The company has ended its previous practice of terminating chats as the primary enforcement mechanism for addressing such behavior. The updated policy also includes new rules related to propaganda campaigns, surveillance, and weapon development, according to The Verge.

In a separate development, Anthropic has introduced Chinese-language options to its Claude chatbot in supported markets. The chatbot's web interface now allows users to select simplified and traditional Chinese as their preferred language. According to the South China Morning Post, this move is likely aimed at serving overseas Chinese communities rather than signaling a plan to enter the mainland China market.

Anthropic has also recently launched a new AI model, Claude Haiku 5.5, which it describes as its "cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model" yet. The model is designed for high-volume, cost-sensitive tasks and has shown improved performance and reduced instances of misaligned behavior, according to The Hindu - Sci-Tech and Android Authority.

Brief written by urgent.news from Techmeme, SCMP Tech, South China Morning Post, The Hindu - Sci-Tech, Android Authority — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.