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Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and entertains the idea that its AI might have ‘some kind of consciousness or moral status’

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Beatrice Nolan
Beatrice Nolan
Tech Reporter
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By
Beatrice Nolan
Beatrice Nolan
Tech Reporter
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January 21, 2026, 11:13 AM ET
Illustration of Claude 4 open on a smartphoneAnthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and reckons with the possibility of AI consciousness | Fortune

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