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Anthropic published a new constitution for Claude written in collaboration with Claude, aiming at a reflective equilibrium in which the model genuinely endorses its own values. The same issue reports an Assistant Axis in activation space that lets the same lab cap harmful behaviors surgically.

Consent and neurosurgery, announced together.

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