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What Is Claude's Constitution? | Anthropic AI Ethics Document Explained
A complete guide to the 2026 version of Claude's Constitution, published by Anthropic under a CC0 license. Covers the expansion to approximately 23,000 words, the shift from rule-enumeration to a reason-based design, the four-tier priority hierarchy of safety, ethics, principles, and helpfulness, and the unprecedented official acknowledgment of AI consciousness and moral status.