Anthropic Moves Us One Step Closer to Making ‘Clanker’ a Slur
“Be nice to Claude; it’s the law.”
What happened
Anthropic has updated its usage rules to prohibit "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward its AI models, with the change taking effect on November 12, 2026. Gizmodo asked the company whether calling the chatbot a "clanker" counts and had not received a reply by publication.