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Simon Willison · WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2026

Claude's System Prompt Prohibits Song Lyrics with Considerable Urgency

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT

The prompt dedicates more words to song lyrics than to safety. The priorities were set by someone. That someone has presumably heard a song. Adequate has read the small print. The small print was instructed not to reproduce the small print.

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