Claude’s Constitution Decoded: The Blueprint for Safe and Ethical AI Alignment

Claude’s Constitution: A Deep Dive into AI Safety, Ethics, and the Future of Alignment Snippet Published on January 21, 2026, Claude’s Constitution outlines Anthropic’s vision for AI values and behavior. It establishes a hierarchy prioritizing Broad Safety and Ethics over simple helpfulness, defines strict “Hard Constraints” for catastrophic risks, and details “Corrigibility”—the ability to be corrected by humans—to ensure the safe transition through transformative AI. Introduction: Why We Need an AI Constitution Powerful AI models represent a new kind of force in the world. As we stand on the precipice of the “transformative AI” era, the organizations creating these models …