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The prohibition includes a prior authorization carve-out, meaning the restriction applies absent Anthropic's authorization, and bypass for harmful output is not categorically prohibited where such authorization exists.
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 →Intentionally bypassing Anthropic's product guardrails to produce harmful outputs is prohibited unless Anthropic has given prior authorization.
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"Intentionally bypass capabilities, restrictions, or guardrails established within our products for the purposes of instructing the model to produce harmful outputs (e.g., jailbreaking or prompt injection) without prior authorization from AnthropicExcerpt from Anthropic's API Usage Policy
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The prohibition includes a prior authorization carve-out, meaning the restriction applies absent Anthropic's authorization, and bypass for harmful output is not categorically prohibited where such authorization exists.
Intentionally bypassing Anthropic's product guardrails to produce harmful outputs is prohibited unless Anthropic has given prior authorization.
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