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The addition of this threshold extends Anthropic's RSP framework to cover a specific, previously unnamed category of CBRN risk — state-level uplift — triggering policy obligations at that capability level.
Anthropic's capability thresholds now explicitly include AI that could substantially advance CBRN development by moderately resourced state actors.
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"added a new capability threshold related to CBRN development, which defines capabilities that could substantially uplift the development capabilities of moderately resourced state programsExcerpt from Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy
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The addition of this threshold extends Anthropic's RSP framework to cover a specific, previously unnamed category of CBRN risk — state-level uplift — triggering policy obligations at that capability level.
Anthropic's capability thresholds now explicitly include AI that could substantially advance CBRN development by moderately resourced state actors.
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