kapynPolicy & Regulation

Anthropic Walks Back Policy That Could Have ‘Sabotaged’ AI Researchers Using Claude

Anthropic reverses its hidden policy that limited AI researchers using Claude. The company will now visibly flag and fall back to an older model version for requests targeting frontier LLM development, apologizing for the initial "wrong tradeoff" and promising transparency. This change ensures developers understand when and why their requests are being restricted, allowing for better probing and more robust safety measures.

Simon Willison·Jun 11, 2026

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