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This document describes how OpenAI governs the safety of its most advanced AI systems, covering serious risks like cyberattacks, biological and chemical weapons, harmful manipulation, and AI operating outside human control. It sets out that OpenAI has processes for incident response, model reporting, and security risk management. The framework is not fixed — OpenAI will update it as AI capabilities and regulatory requirements change.
The OpenAI Frontier Governance Framework establishes OpenAI's structured approach to identifying, assessing, and mitigating the most serious risks from advanced AI systems, built on the Preparedness Framework as its foundational instrument. The framework covers four primary risk categories — cyber offense, CBRN risks, harmful manipulation, and loss of control — and extends to security risk management, incident response, and model reporting. OpenAI commits to updating the framework as model capabilities, evaluations, and regulatory requirements develop. The document also positions OpenAI's safety and security practices in alignment with the California Transparency in Frontier AI Act and the EU AI Act's Code of Practice for General Purpose AI.
For an individual user, this document describes the internal governance commitments OpenAI has made around the most serious risks posed by its frontier AI systems. It establishes that OpenAI maintains structured processes for risk assessment, incident response, and model reporting across risk categories including harmful manipulation and loss of control. The framework is subject to change over time as capabilities and regulatory requirements develop, meaning the governing rules users can reference today may be revised.
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20 important changes detected
23 versions captured · Last updated: September 2026
OpenAI updated their OpenAI Frontier Governance Framework on September 23, 2026. Change detected: 3 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 8 sentences after update.
View change record →OpenAI updated their OpenAI Frontier Governance Framework on September 20, 2026. Change detected: 2 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 8 sentences after update.
View change record →OpenAI updated their OpenAI Frontier Governance Framework on September 17, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 8 sentences after update.
View change record →OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework page was modified in an update detected on September 10, 2026. A loading indicator was removed from the introductory text, and the page title was reformatted …
View change record →OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework webpage was updated on September 9, 2026. The framework document title header was removed, a loading indicator was added to the page, and related content links …
View change record →In an update detected on September 7, 2026, OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework removed a reference to 'The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead' and revised its content navigation, replacing …
View change record →OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework page was reformatted in an update detected on September 5, 2026. The primary change involved removal of the 'Loading…' indicator and replacement of a linked safety …
View change record →OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework webpage was reorganized in an update detected on September 4, 2026. The change removed a reference to an article titled 'The Hugging Face incident and the …
View change record →OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework page was revised in an update detected on September 2, 2026. Two sentences were modified: the page header now includes a featured article titled 'Path to …
View change record →OpenAI added a new entry to its Frontier Governance Framework linking to a security article titled 'The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead' dated August 26, 2026. The framework …
View change record →OpenAI updated its Frontier Governance Framework on August 20, 2026 to reflect a new announcement about zero data retention for frontier models. The change involved updating a featured announcement link …
View change record →OpenAI updated the content references in its Frontier Governance Framework on August 19, 2026. The framework's 'Keep reading' section previously listed 'Why teens deserve access to safe AI' (dated Jul …
View change record →OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework was updated in an update detected on August 11, 2026, adding a new featured article titled 'Expanding Daybreak as the Cyber Defense Window Narrows' dated August …
View change record →OpenAI updated its Frontier Governance Framework on July 21, 2026, modifying a single sentence within the document's reference section. The change replaced a reference to 'Why teens deserve access to …
View change record →OpenAI removed the audio article feature reference from its Frontier Governance Framework post on July 18, 2026. The updated version no longer includes the "Listen to article 1:07" option that …
View change record →OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework document was updated on July 12, 2026. The change involved removing the document title from the opening line and adding a loading indicator to the introductory …
View change record →OpenAI updated its Frontier Governance Framework on July 10, 2026 with minor formatting and content changes. The title formatting was adjusted, a loading indicator was removed from the framework link …
View change record →OpenAI updated its Frontier Governance Framework on July 6, 2026, making two minor modifications to the document's presentation. The title line was removed from the opening section, and a 'Loading...' …
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