Anthropic has announced a new experimental safety feature that allows its Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 artificial intelligence models to terminate conversations in rare, persistently harmful or abusive scenarios.

Anthropic has introduced a new feature in its Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 models that allows the generative AI (genAI) tool to end a conversation on its own if a user repeatedly tries to push harmful or illegal content.

Harmful, abusive interactions plague AI chatbots. Researchers have found that AI companions like Character.AI, Nomi, and Replika are unsafe for teens under 18, ChatGPT has the potential to reinforce users’ delusional thinking,