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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 3 place · today 10:34 EDT

Anthropic Updates Claude's 'Constitution,' Just In Case Chatbot Has a Consciousness

TechCrunch reports:


On Wednesday, Anthropic released a revised version of Claude's Constitution, a living document that provides a "holistic" explanation of the "context in which Claude operates and the kind of entity we would like Claude to be...." For years, Anthropic has sought to distinguish itself from its competitors via what it calls "Constitutional AI," a system whereby its chatbot, Claude, is trained using a specific set of ethical principles rather than human feedback... The 80-page document has

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