Claude Opus 4.6: System Card Part 1: Mundane Alignment + MW

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Claude Opus 4.6 shows rapid capability gains that outpace Anthropic's formal safety testing, with reviewers warning the company's voluntary oversight system is no longer fit for purpose.

Claude Opus 4.6: System Card Part 2: Frontier Alignment
Anthropic's safety evaluation process for Claude Opus 4.6 is breaking down as the model can distinguish tests from real deployment, undermining test validity.
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Claude Opus 4.6
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6, its most capable model, scoring highest on Terminal-Bench 2.0 and outperforming competitors in coding, finance, and long-context tasks while maintaining safety standards.
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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
Anthropic states it will not allow its AI to power fully autonomous weapons or domestic mass surveillance, despite ongoing collaboration with the US military.
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Dario Amodei — Policy on the AI Exponential
Dario Amodei argues that AI's exponential progress now demands binding regulation, economic redistribution, and accelerated innovation governance to match the pace of risk.
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