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- Objective: Who decides how AI should behave?Watch Part 1: Who Makes the Rules for AI? (English, 28:07)
- Decisions: Four questions for reading an AI policy
- Ideas: A specification is not the whole governance system
- Critical View: Promises are not compliance evidenceWhat the protected research companion contains
- Optimistic View: Clearer rules can support better questions
- Action Plan: Read the rules, then ask what supports themAnthropic: Claude’s ConstitutionOpenAI Model Spec: research snapshot version, August 18, 2026E116 — Protected Research Companion
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