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Core Views on AI Safety

constitution6,765 words·29 min read·Aug 20, 2026·Source
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6,765-word document condensed to 44 words. Anthropic · Aug 20, 2026
TL;DR

![Core views on AI safety: When, why, what, and how](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww-cdn.anthropic.com%2Fimages%2F4zrzovbb%2Fwebsite%2Fdd1f0730fc369a574023c7ede81c7527ee73a386-2000x1125.png&w=3840&q=75)

Capability claim
  • We trained the first version of our headline model, Claude, in the spring of 2022, and decided to prioritize using it for safety research rather than public deployments.
Deployment scope
  • available today pose an imminent concern.

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