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Anthropic updates its usage policy

Anthropic updates its usage policy to ban "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward Claude, ending chats as the primary enforcement mechanism

TL;DRAnthropic updated Claude's usage policy to ban abusive behavior and high-risk misuse cases.

Why it matters: Sets precedent for AI companies enforcing ethical boundaries beyond just capability restrictions.

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Firmus is set to postpone its IPO and is weighing a private funding

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PsiQuantum Secures Conditional $150 Million Loan Commitment from U.S.

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'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious

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USA Today becomes the latest publisher to sue OpenAI

USA Today sues OpenAI for allegedly using hundreds of thousands of articles to train ChatGPT.

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Union Square Ventures Doubles Fund Size for the AI Era

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SpaceXAI backs Omarchy, the controversial Linux distro

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India’s MeitY Sanctions ₹99.94 Crore ($10.3 Million USD) for IIT Madras

India funds silicon photonics research to build faster data center chips domestically.

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Oratomic raises $775 Million to Develop Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers

Quantum startup Oratomic raised $775M to build practical, error-corrected quantum computers.

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Older Pixel watches are losing free cellular access to several safety

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