The policy establishes that Anthropic monitors for Usage Policy violations and may warn, throttle, limit, suspend, or terminate account access upon suspected violations, while also noting that real-time output blocks do not constitute a violation determination.
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This provision establishes Anthropic's enforcement authority and the range of account restrictions available upon suspected violations, including termination, and distinguishes between automated output blocks and formal violation determinations.
The updated policy clarifies that Anthropic's acceptable use rules apply to all users of its products and services, including API developers, cloud customers, and app users. The policy now explicitly prohibits weapons development and related activities, and introduces a Cyber Verification Program allowing researchers to apply for adjusted safeguards for authorized dual-use work. Enforcement procedures now include warnings and throttling in addition to suspension or termination. You can apply for the Cyber Verification Program or Life Sciences Verification Program if your work involves authorized dual-use or high-risk use cases covered by real-time safeguards.
View change record →⚠ Continued suspected policy violations following a warning may result in account throttling, suspension, or termination as stated in the policy.
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Compare across platforms →"Anthropic's Safeguards Team implements detection and monitoring to enforce our Usage Policy. If we suspect that you may have violated our Usage Policy, we may warn you or throttle, limit, suspend, or terminate your access to our products and services. Our products also include real-time safeguards that may block or limit certain outputs, but encountering a block does not by itself indicate a violation of the Usage Policy.Excerpt from Anthropic's API Usage Policy
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This provision establishes Anthropic's enforcement authority and the range of account restrictions available upon suspected violations, including termination, and distinguishes between automated output blocks and formal violation determinations.
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