Computerworld January 22, 2026
The hugely expanded constitution was released under a creative commons deed so other LLMs can also benefit, company says.
Anthropic has completely overhauled the “Claude constitution”, a document that sets out the ethical parameters governing its AI model’s reasoning and behavior.
Launched at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Summit, the new constitution’s principles are that Claude should be “broadly safe” (not undermining human oversight), “Broadly ethical” (honest, avoiding inappropriate, dangerous, or harmful actions), “genuinely helpful” (benefitting its users), as well as being “compliant with Anthropic’s guidelines”.
According to Anthropic, the constitution is already being used in Claude’s model training, making it fundamental to its process of reasoning.
Claude’s first constitution appeared in May 2023, a modest 2,700-word document that borrowed...
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