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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.
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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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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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