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Anthropic publishes a new constitution for Claude

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Anthropic published a new constitution for Claude, a detailed description of the values and behaviour it wants the model to have and of the context in which Claude operates. Anthropic said the document is a central part of its model training process.

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Users and researchers can read the full text Anthropic trains Claude against, and check model behaviour against it.

When
22 Jan 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0152
Who
Anthropic

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Anthropic. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Document the source offers: document 1 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2026-0152: “Anthropic publishes a new constitution for Claude.” wheresthe.ai, 22 Jan 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/anthropic-claude-new-constitution-2026-01/ (source: Anthropic: Claude’s new constitution).

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