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  "id": 13048705,
  "title": "Anthropic bans cruel behaviour toward its Claude AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/anthropic-bans-cruel-behaviour-toward-its-claude-ai",
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  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T06:07:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1564688/anthropic-bans-cruel-behaviour-toward-its-claude-ai/"
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  "summary": "Anthropic has updated its usage policy to prohibit users from subjecting its Claude artificial intelligence system to sustained and needless cruelty. The San Francisco-based company announced the change on Thursday amid growing debate over whether artificial intelligence can experience consciousness. The revised policy aims to prevent prolonged abusive interactions between users and AI models.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Anthropic bans ‘cruel’ behaviour against its Claude AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/anthropic-bans-cruel-behaviour-against-its-claude-ai",
        "published": "2026-10-08T23:23:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Technology",
        "title": "Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/anthropic-bans-users-from-needless-abusive-or-cruel-behavior-towards",
        "published": "2026-10-09T01:25:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Anthropic Bans \"Cruel\" Behavior Against Its Claude AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/anthropic-bans-cruel-behavior-against-its-claude-ai",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:10:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Anthropic bans 'cruel' behavior against its Claude AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/anthropic-bans-cruel-behavior-against-its-claude-ai-13021657",
        "published": "2026-10-09T03:20:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Anthropic bans 'cruel' behaviour against its Claude AI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/anthropic-bans-cruel-behaviour-against-its-claude-ai",
        "published": "2026-10-09T04:26:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Anthropic is cracking down on people who bully Claude",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/anthropic-is-cracking-down-on-people-who-bully-claude",
        "published": "2026-10-09T05:32:57.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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