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

# Anthropic Reverses Controversial Policy After Backlash Anthropic, the company behind Claude AI, planned to secretly restrict how its tool could be used by researchers developing competing AI systems—but reversed course when researchers publicly complained. The original policy would have handicapped Claude's performance specifically for AI development work, giving Anthropic's own products an unfair advantage. The company's decision to back down suggests it recognized the policy was ethically problematic and could damage its reputation in the research community.