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Constitutional Classifiers and Claude Safety Stack (EXPLAINED)

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Additional classifier models score outputs/inputs against policies before user sees them — part of defense-in-depth with base CAI training (claude-001); tune thresholds; human review for edge cases; don't expose classifier scores to users.

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Explain constitutional classifiers and how Anthropic layers safety beyond base model refusals.

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