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OpenAI adopts capability thresholds for catastrophic frontier risks

OpenAI published a Preparedness Framework for evaluating cyber, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, persuasion and model-autonomy risks, with deployment and development thresholds later used for frontier releases.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM55confidence 96/100

Why it moved the index

The framework established capability-triggered development and deployment gates for catastrophic risks and was later applied in published frontier-model evaluations, making it an operational control rather than a proposal.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 55 · confidence 96

    New December 2023 frontier-risk framework with later verified implementation.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “OpenAI adopts capability thresholds for catastrophic frontier risks” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 55 and confidence 96 out of 100 in the safety and alignment category.

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  3. DoomBench summarizes “OpenAI adopts capability thresholds for catastrophic frontier risks” as follows: OpenAI published a Preparedness Framework for evaluating cyber, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, persuasion and...

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