[Anthropic Updates Claude Usage Policy, Prohibiting Unauthorized Model Distillation and Malicious Cyberattacks] According to TechFlow, on November 2nd, Anthropic announced a new Usage Policy, effective November 12th, 2026, applicable to Claude, Claude Code, API, and third-party integration services. The policy explicitly prohibits unauthorized use of model outputs to train other AI models, including model scraping and model distillation. It also prohibits using Claude for malicious cyberattacks, developing malware, and committing fraud. For high-risk applications such as finance, healthcare, law, and recruitment, Anthropic requires qualified personnel to review AI recommendations and disclose the AI's involvement to affected users. Consumer-facing chatbots and AI agents must also clearly inform users of their AI's identity.