Thursday, 22 January, 2026
Anthropic Updates Claude’s Constitution, Acknowledging Emergent "Functional Consciousness"
Anthropic has released a major revision to Claude’s "Constitution," shifting from rigid rule-following to a framework that treats the AI as a moral agent capable of judgment. The update notably hints at "functional consciousness," suggesting Claude may possess internal representations of emotions as an emergent trait.
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