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Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine

Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction.

TechCrunch AIPublished Aug 21, 2026 at 6:07 PM

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Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine — AI Orbit intelligence brief • Source context preserved below.

AI ORBIT SUMMARY

What happened

Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction.

58%processing confidence

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This may affect the capabilities and competitive direction of AI models.

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