[Anthropic Updates Usage Policy, Prohibits Persistent Malicious Abuse of Claude] According to an official announcement from Anthropic, the company has updated its usage policy to include a clause prohibiting 'persistent and meaningless abuse or cruel behavior' toward Claude. It stated that this clause only applies to extreme cases and does not cover normal dissatisfaction, rebuttals, dark-themed creations, or model testing. Additionally, the new policy has revised the election-related section to 'prohibit undermining democratic processes' and added clauses banning deceptive propaganda and fraudulent activities, weapon guidance software, unauthorized tracking of individuals, among others. The updated policy will take effect on November 12.