Anthropic Updates Claude Usage Policy, Prohibiting Unauthorized Model Distillation and Malicious Cyber Attacks
According to Anthropic's official website, the company has released a new Usage Policy that will take effect on November 12, 2026, applying to Claude, Claude Code, the API, and third-party integration services. The policy explicitly prohibits the unauthorized use of model outputs to train other AI models, including model scraping and model distillation, while also banning the use of Claude for malicious cyber attacks, malware development, and fraudulent activities.
