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This carve-out means the Universal Usage Standards are not truly universal — government customers may be permitted to use Claude for activities that would result in suspension or termination for private users, with Anthropic as the sole arbiter of adequacy.
Defense contractors and federal agencies using Claude must find alternatives. Enterprise customers with defense-adjacent business face compliance risk.
Anthropic's AUP directly affects what you can ask Claude to do — violations can result in your account being throttled, suspended, or permanently terminated without prior notice. For users of third-party apps built on Claude, the policy applies equally, meaning the app developer's failure to comply can affect your access too. You can report harmful or inaccurate AI outputs at usersafety@anthropic.com or via the in-product thumbs-down feedback feature.
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You may not use the Services to attempt to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with safety-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the generation of certain types of content.
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"Anthropic may enter into contracts with certain governmental customers that tailor use restrictions to that customer's public mission and legal authorities if, in Anthropic's judgment, the contractual use restrictions and applicable safeguards are adequate to mitigate the potential harms addressed by this Usage Policy.— Excerpt from Anthropic's Anthropic API Usage Policy
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This carve-out means the Universal Usage Standards are not truly universal — government customers may be permitted to use Claude for activities that would result in suspension or termination for private users, with Anthropic as the sole arbiter of adequacy.
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