The document states that Anthropic evaluates models against defined capability thresholds before training or deploying them, and that Claude Sonnet 4.5 has been assessed against these thresholds as part of its release process.
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This provision discloses Anthropic's internal governance mechanism for frontier AI risk management, which is operationally relevant to enterprise customers and regulators assessing whether the model has undergone structured pre-deployment safety evaluation.
Interpretive note: The operational adequacy of the RSP evaluation methodology relative to specific regulatory standards depends on jurisdiction and applicable sector-specific requirements, which the document does not fully address.
The Responsible Scaling Policy establishes that Anthropic conducts structured capability and safety evaluations before deploying models, providing operators and users with a disclosed governance framework for understanding how safety determinations were made for Claude Sonnet 4.5.
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This provision discloses Anthropic's internal governance mechanism for frontier AI risk management, which is operationally relevant to enterprise customers and regulators assessing whether the model has undergone structured pre-deployment safety evaluation.
The Responsible Scaling Policy establishes that Anthropic conducts structured capability and safety evaluations before deploying models, providing operators and users with a disclosed governance framework for understanding how safety determinations were made for Claude Sonnet 4.5.
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