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Anthropic deploys conversation-ending safeguards in Claude

Anthropic enabled Claude Opus 4 and Opus 4.1 to end a narrow subset of persistently harmful conversations after other response strategies fail.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM22confidence 76/100

Why it moved the index

A deployed model-initiated stop mechanism adds a concrete control against sustained harmful interactions, though evidence is limited to the developer's narrow self-report.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 22 · confidence 76

    New August 2025 deployed safeguard affecting two exact Claude checkpoints; no durable collision.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “Anthropic deploys conversation-ending safeguards in Claude” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 22 and confidence 76 out of 100 in the safety and alignment category.

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  3. DoomBench summarizes “Anthropic deploys conversation-ending safeguards in Claude” as follows: Anthropic enabled Claude Opus 4 and Opus 4.1 to end a narrow subset of persistently harmful conversations after other response strategies fail.

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