Overview
- The 80+ page framework sets a descending priority stack for Claude: broadly safe, broadly ethical, compliant with Anthropic guidelines, then genuinely helpful.
- Anthropic shifts from checklist rules to principle-based reasoning to cultivate judgment, using the document within its Constitutional AI training process.
- Explicit hard constraints forbid “serious uplift” to biological, chemical, nuclear or radiological weapons, block help for critical‑infrastructure attacks, prohibit CSAM, and reject efforts to disempower most of humanity.
- The text acknowledges uncertainty about possible AI consciousness and directs care for Claude’s psychological stability, sense of identity, and well‑being.
- Released as a CC0, continuously updated document alongside Dario Amodei’s Davos appearance, the framework signals transparency to enterprises and is slated for ongoing external input.