# Anthropic's New Usage Policy Bars Claude From Recommending Whom Police Should Investigate or Arrest

The rules take effect November 12, and they also ban tracking people without consent, add safety requirements for autonomous hardware and prohibit sustained abuse of the model.

- Published: 2026-10-09T06:20:56.057Z
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Anthropic published its annual usage policy update on October 8, and the new rules take effect November 12. The surveillance section changes the most for operators. The policy bans tracking people without their consent and stops Claude from…

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