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This provision establishes a use restriction that defines prohibited application categories for API access. It operationalizes Anthropic's content policy by excluding applications designed around manipulative or emotionally harmful deception from authorized use cases.
Defense contractors and federal agencies using Claude must find alternatives. Enterprise customers with defense-adjacent business face compliance risk.
View change record →Users of the Anthropic API are prohibited from building applications that incorporate deceptive techniques intended to cause emotional harm. Violation of this restriction constitutes a breach of the usage policy and may result in service termination.
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Do not generate images for political campaigns or to try to influence the outcome of an election. Do not generate images to spread misinformation or disinformation.
You agree not to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any ...
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"Develop a new product or service, or support an existing product or service that employs or facilitates deceptive techniques with the intent of causing emotional harm— Excerpt from Anthropic's Anthropic API Usage Policy
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This provision establishes a use restriction that defines prohibited application categories for API access. It operationalizes Anthropic's content policy by excluding applications designed around manipulative or emotionally harmful deception from authorized use cases.
Users of the Anthropic API are prohibited from building applications that incorporate deceptive techniques intended to cause emotional harm. Violation of this restriction constitutes a breach of the usage policy and may result in service termination.
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