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The prohibition on psychological manipulation directly mirrors EU AI Act Art. 5(1)(a) prohibited practices for subliminal manipulation — making this provision one of the strongest alignment points between Anthropic's AUP and emerging hard law.
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The prohibition on psychological manipulation directly mirrors EU AI Act Art. 5(1)(a) prohibited practices for subliminal manipulation — making this provision one of the strongest alignment points between Anthropic's AUP and emerging hard law.
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