Comment by foo12bar

2 days ago

Because they are testing it and are expected to erect guardrails before releasing.

What are the specific guardrails implemented after the verification/testing phase of development?

Is it safe to release such software if it has only been tested in environments where certain major risk areas do not exist?

  • https://openai.com/index/updating-our-preparedness-framework... goes through the process. Anthropic has a similar framework, that's why Mythos was never publically accessible once initial tests like the one in OP revealed it's capabilities.

    Appendix C Illustrative safeguards, controls, and efficacy assessments has specific examples like:

    - Agent actions are all logged in an uneditable database, and asynchronous monitoring routines review those actions for evidence of harm

    - Limiting internet access and other tool access

    - Limiting credentials

    - Limiting access to system resources or filesystem (e.g., sandboxing)

    - Limiting persistence or state