abusive
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MI5 gave false evidence to three courts in a case concerning an abusive informant known as Agent X.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
It also gave its Opus series of models the capacity to end conversations with humans in rare instances when it deems the conversation abusive or harmful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Athena’s attorney, Matthew Davis, said she was never abusive and that she called 911 as soon as she cut him down, then spent 10 minutes following a dispatcher’s CPR instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Anthropic’s October Usage Policy Update included a section prohibiting “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
There were six thousand letters to date and only nine of them abusive.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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