Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy
Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy outlines risk governance frameworks and safety standards for frontier artificial intelligence models. It establishes capability thresholds, risk reporting protocols, and concrete deployment and security safeguards to mitigate catastrophic risks such as misuse or autonomous replication. The policy operates as a living document that undergoes iterative revisions to address emerging safety challenges.
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Who issued it
Who it governs
AI developers, researchers, and safety professionals interested in corporate risk governance and technical safety standards for frontier AI models.
What the document contains
The document covers internal corporate governance policies, risk thresholds, deployment safeguards (such as prompt and completion filtering and access controls), and security controls (such as endpoint patching, access management, and vulnerability scanning) intended to govern the development and release of advanced AI systems.
The text lacks legislative enforcement mechanisms, government-mandated oversight details, or legally binding external regulatory penalties, as it represents a self-governance policy issued directly by a private company.
- Anthropic maintains an iterative Responsible Scaling Policy designed to mitigate catastrophic risks associated with frontier AI models.
- The policy defines capability thresholds—such as automated R&D and CBRN weapons production—that trigger mandatory upgrades in safety and security safeguards.
- Deployment safeguards incorporate a multi-layered defense-in-depth architecture including real-time classifiers, asynchronous monitoring, and rapid post-hoc jailbreak detection.
- Security safeguards enforce strict access management, compartmentalization, hardware procurement controls, and multi-party authorization for model weights.
- Anthropic publishes periodic Risk Reports and updates its Frontier Safety Roadmaps to maintain transparency regarding safety evaluations and preparedness.
· Overview and Current and Prior Versions · Risk Reports · Frontier Safety Roadmap Updates · Noncompliance Reporting and Anti-Retaliation Policy · Planned ASL-3 Safeguards (Deployment Safeguards & Security Safeguards)
How it scores
Each score is backed by a quote verified against the document text. Editorial review has not yet confirmed them.
Accountability
3/5Clear responsibility for AI outcomes
Establish an Executive Risk Council sponsored by executive leadership to oversee security programs.
Security Safeguards - Executive Risk Council
screening score · 2026-10-23
Fairness
0/5Non-discrimination and equitable treatment
screening score · 2026-10-23
Human Dignity
0/5Respect for the inherent worth of persons
screening score · 2026-10-23
Human Oversight
4/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
For edge cases or situations requiring human judgment, there will be protocols for escalation to human reviewers.
Post-hoc jailbreak detection
screening score · 2026-10-23
Privacy
0/5Protection of personal data and private life
screening score · 2026-10-23
Transparency
4/5Openness about how AI systems work and are used
Our RSP contains requirements for meeting these standards, and also says we will publicly release key information related to the evaluation and deployment of our models
October 15, 2024 - Planned ASL-3 Safeguards
screening score · 2026-10-23
Enforcement
4/5Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force
In our Responsible Scaling Policy, reaching certain Capability Thresholds requires us to upgrade our safeguards to the ASL-3 Security Standard or the ASL-3 Deployment Standard.
October 15, 2024 - Planned ASL-3 Safeguards
screening score · 2026-10-23
Impact Assessment
4/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
Our Risk Reports aim to provide a direct, candid, and informative description of how we see the risks of our systems and our state of preparedness for them
August 14, 2026
screening score · 2026-10-23