U.S. Elections Readiness

In preparation for the U.S. elections in November 2024, Anthropic has taken steps to prevent misuse of its generative AI tools and direct users to authoritative election information. The company updated its Usage Policy in May to prohibit campaigning, lobbying, and generating misinformation related to elections. It also developed improved tools for detecting coordinated behavior or other misuse of its systems. Anthropic regularly conducts targeted red-teaming to examine how its systems respond to election issues and builds automated evaluations to test its systems at scale for various election-related risks. The company redirects users to reliable voting information and updates Claude's system prompt with a clear reference to its knowledge cutoff date.