Anthropic secretly consulted clergy on Claude's moral values

Anthropic held NDA-bound meetings with religious and philosophical thinkers from Catholic, Jewish, Sikh, evangelical and Ubuntu traditions to shape Claude's moral values and consciousness policies. The talks were reportedly led by co-founder Christopher Olah, and Claude's constitution, published January 21, 2026, is used directly in training.

• Meetings were held under nondisclosure agreements
• Participants came from five faith traditions
• Claude's constitution was published on January 21, 2026
• Rabbi Mois Navon raised the question of possible AI exploitation