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Anthropic releases new AI ‘constitution’ for Claude

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC today released a new version of Claude’s constitution, a document that outlines how the large language model series should process prompts. The company published the original version of the file in May 2023. The document contained instructio…


Reports debate Claude's consciousness and evolving moral challenges

Anthropic Offers Moral AI Solution With ‘Claude’s Constitution’

6 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Anthropic Updates Claude’s ‘Constitution,’ Just in Case Chatbot Has a Consciousness

6 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Anthropic Releases New 23,000-Word Claude Constitution and Admits It Will Likely Prove Wrong

6 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Anthropic writes Constitution for Claude it thinks will soon be proven ‘misguided’

6 wks / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Anthropic revises Claude’s ‘Constitution,’ and hints at chatbot consciousness

6 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek


Updated charter outlines Claude's ethics and safety protocols

A Q&A with Amanda Askell, the lead author of Anthropic’s new ‘constitution’ for AIs

6 wks / fastcompany / Mark Sullivan

Anthropic Rewrites the Rulebook for AI Behavior

6 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic writes Claude's Constitution

6 wks / therundown / Zach Mink

Anthropic publishes new constitution for AI model Claude

6 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

Anthropic overhauls Claude’s Constitution with new safety ethics principles

6 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Anthropic releases new AI ‘constitution’ for Claude

6 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Claude's new constitution

6 wks / simonwillison / Simon Willison


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Anthropic shifts from rule-following to philosophical reasoning for Claude. New 80-page constitution prioritizes safety over ethics, acknowledges possible AI consciousness. Released during... https://www.implicator.ai/anthropic-rewrites-the-rulebook-for-a

6 wks / bsky / @marcus-schuler.com / marcus-schuler.com

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Senate Agriculture Committee unveils crypto market structure bill text, but chair says ‘differences remain’

Sarah Wynn / theblock - The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has released updated bill text ahead of a hearing next week — and some issues remain.

#fintech #crypto #techpolicy #banking #government #finance #agriculture #us #law #crypto

Senate Crypto Bill on Hold Amid New Housing Focus

6 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

US market structure bill faces weeks of delay as focus shifts to housing: Bloomberg

6 wks / theblock / Danny Park

Crypto Market Bill Heads to Senate Agriculture Markup Amid Banking Committee Delays

6 wks / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

Bank lobby targets stablecoin yield and open banking in policy push

6 wks / coindesk / Sam Reynolds

Senate Agriculture Committee unveils crypto market structure bill text, but chair says ‘differences remain’

6 wks / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Senate crypto bill likely delayed for weeks after Coinbase pulled its support

6 wks / coindesk / Nikhilesh De

Crypto's market structure bill gets second shot with Senate's commodities-tied version

6 wks / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

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OpenAI vows not to increase consumers' energy prices

Rachyl Jones / semafor - OpenAI joined Microsoft in attempting to ease consumer concerns regarding data centers’ impact on electricity bills.

#ai #cloud #techpolicy #openai #genai #energy #datacenter #environment #pricing #community

OpenAI vows not to increase consumers' energy prices

6 wks / semafor / Rachyl Jones

OpenAI Pledges to Cover Energy Costs as Stargate Project Expands

6 wks / techstrong / Jon Swartz

OpenAI promises AI data centers won't raise local electricity prices

6 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

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Ireland Wants To Give Its Cops Spyware, Ability To Crack Encrypted Messages

msmash / slashdot - The Irish government is planning to bolster its police's ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use. From a report: The Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill is being framed …

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #europe #police #law #encryption #eu #digitalprivacy

Ireland Wants To Give Its Cops Spyware, Ability To Crack Encrypted Messages

6 wks / slashdot / msmash

Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages

6 wks / ycombinator

Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages

6 wks / theregister / Connor Jones

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Snap Settles Social media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Landmark Trial

BeauHD / slashdot - Snap has settled a social media addiction lawsuit just days before trial, while Meta, TikTok, and Alphabet remain defendants and are headed to court. "Terms of the deal were not announced as it was revealed by lawyers at a California Superior Court hearin…

#techpolicy #snapchat #apps #wellness #psychology #mentalhealth #law #litigation #regulation

Snapchat settles to avoid social media addiction trial

6 wks / techxplore

Snap settles landmark lawsuit over claims its app harmed teen mental health

6 wks / techspot

Snap Settles Social media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Landmark Trial

6 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Snap pays millions to settle teen addiction lawsuit

6 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Snap reaches settlement in social media addiction lawsuit

6 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

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