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title: "Anthropic revises Claude's \"Constitution\" and hints at AI consciousness"
description: "The new constitution runs to 80 pages and sets four core values. It ends by saying: \"Claude's moral status is deeply uncertain.\""
url: https://kurddevelopers.com/en/news/anthropic-claude-new-constitution
language: en # English
type: news
published: 2026-01-21T20:15:00.000Z
updated: 2026-11-01T22:34:52.000Z
author: "Osamah Ismail"
author_url: https://kurddevelopers.com/en/author/1
section: "AI"
tags: ["Anthropic","Claude","Constitution","AI Safety","Davos"]
sources: ["Anthropic","TechCrunch"]
image: https://kurddevelopers.com/uploads/2026/11/claude-3-7-illustration-b3deae1d.webp
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  ar: https://kurddevelopers.com/ar/news/anthropic-claude-new-constitution
publisher: Kurd Developers
publisher_url: https://kurddevelopers.com/
---

# Anthropic revises Claude's "Constitution" and hints at AI consciousness

> The new constitution runs to 80 pages and sets four core values. It ends by saying: "Claude's moral status is deeply uncertain."

![Image: Anthropic](https://kurddevelopers.com/uploads/2026/11/claude-3-7-illustration-b3deae1d.webp)

On January 21, **Anthropic** released a new version of **Claude**'s **"Constitution"**, timed with **Dario Amodei**'s appearance at **Davos**.

## What's new?

- The document runs to **80 pages**
- It keeps most of the 2023 principles and adds more nuance on ethics and user safety

## Four core values

1. **Broadly safe**
2. **Broadly ethical**
3. Compliant with Anthropic's guidelines
4. **Genuinely helpful**

## Safety

The constitution says Claude should "always refer users to relevant emergency services or provide basic safety information in situations that involve a risk to human life". Discussion of developing **bioweapons** is strictly prohibited.

## Consciousness?

The document ends with this line: **"Claude's moral status is deeply uncertain."**

**Sources:** Anthropic, TechCrunch

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Published by [Kurd Developers](https://kurddevelopers.com/) on 2026-01-21. Cite as: “Anthropic revises Claude's "Constitution" and hints at AI consciousness”, Kurd Developers, https://kurddevelopers.com/en/news/anthropic-claude-new-constitution