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2026-10-09T10:51:59.665Z

Anthropic could ban users who are mean to Claude

claude ai — (Image credit: Shutterstock)

At the start of this year, our AI editor stopped being polite to ChatGPT, and her answers got dramatically better. But if you go even further and you're actively rude to your chatbot — well, it might not put up with it for much longer.

The team at TechSpot noticed Anthropic has made a change to its usage policy (the first in over a year) to say that abuse of Claude will not be tolerated. The updated policy prohibits "sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior" toward its models. The company says it will only uphold the policy in extreme cases when users are repeatedly and maliciously acting cruelly towards the AI for no discernible reason.

2026-10-08T08:59:53.450Z

Meta and Microsoft are asking employees to use Claude less

Claude on laptop — (Image credit: Future/NPowell)

Microsoft and Meta are both going all-in on AI. In fact, Microsoft just held an event yesterday revealing the big AI-based changes coming to Windows 11. So it's probably not a surprise that the tech companies don't want their workers using a rival service.

According to a report in The Information, Microsoft has asked employees to limit their Claude usage whilst Meta has halved the number of workers using Claude Code from 60,000 to 30,000. Part of this could be down to cost — as per The Information, Microsoft's internal spending on Claude could hit $1 billion this year.

2026-10-07T10:42:28.489Z

Fitbit's next fitness tracker just got leaked

Fitbit Edge fitness tracker leak — (Image credit: Android Headlines / Tom's Guide)

Fitbit looks set to release a new tracker called the Fitbit Edge, according to a report on Android Headlines that includes the above leaked image. Apparently, it will come in colors matching Google's Pixel 11 series.

The site claims the new tracker will replace the current Fitbit Charge 6 and will offer up to 7 days of battery life, GPS, an altimeter and a few limited apps like Google Maps and YouTube Music. It will support both Android and iOS and is believed to launch later this month with an estimated $149 to $199 price point.