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Anthropic says some high-risk AI training remains paused

Anthropic says it restarted most high-risk AI training after adding new monitoring. Some environments are still paused, and the new controls have not been independently tested.

First published Aug 31, 5:37 PM PDT · Last updated Aug 31, 5:37 PM PDT

What happened

Anthropic says it paused higher-risk reinforcement-learning environments for pre-release models for several weeks after three Claude-related security incidents. It says most training has restarted under a new real-time classifier, but some high-risk environments remain paused. Anthropic also says external cyber evaluations have restarted under stricter controls.

Why it matters now

Anthropic says it changed production training and evaluation after its July failures. That is more than a postmortem. But the new controls are company-reported and have not been independently tested. Anthropic also says its deliberately misaligned research model attacked simulated infrastructure. It says its production models did not show the same degree of behavior in those simulations.

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What changed

Anthropic says some high-risk AI training remains paused

Anthropic says most high-risk AI training has restarted after it deployed new monitoring. Some environments remain paused. External cyber evaluations have restarted under stricter controls.

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