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Users of consumer-facing chatbots and interactive AI agents are guaranteed a minimum disclosure of AI identity, preventing users from unknowingly believing they are communicating with a human.
The Pentagon's supply chain risk designation does not directly modify Anthropic's consumer-facing terms of service, but creates government-level procurement restrictions that may affect Anthropic's ability to contract with federal agencies and defense contractors. The designation reflects the Department of Defense's assessment that Anthropic's acceptable use policy restrictions on mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons present supply chain governance concerns under federal law. Commercial users of Anthropic's services are not directly subject to this designation, but federal agencies, defense contractors, and government-dependent organizations may face new contracting or compliance obligations when evaluating Anthropic as a vendor.
View change record →If you interact with a consumer-facing chatbot or interactive AI agent built on Anthropic's products, you must be told you are interacting with AI rather than a human at least at the beginning of each chat session.
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"All consumer-facing chatbots, including any external-facing or interactive AI agent, must disclose to users that they are interacting with AI rather than a human. This disclosure must be provided at a minimum at the beginning of each chat session.Excerpt from Anthropic's API Usage Policy
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Users of consumer-facing chatbots and interactive AI agents are guaranteed a minimum disclosure of AI identity, preventing users from unknowingly believing they are communicating with a human.
If you interact with a consumer-facing chatbot or interactive AI agent built on Anthropic's products, you must be told you are interacting with AI rather than a human at least at the beginning of each chat session.
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