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SAFE benchmark tests if frontier AI models seek safety evidence
Researchers introduced SAFE, a benchmark evaluating whether frontier models choose to acquire safety-relevant evidence before making deployment decisions. Testing on GPT-5.5, o3, Claude Opus 4.8, and Claude Sonnet 4.6 revealed distinct evidence-acquisition policies among the models.
Frontier EditorialSource: arXiv
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SAFE benchmark tests if frontier AI models seek safety evidence: Researchers introduced SAFE, a benchmark evaluating whether frontier models choose to acquire safety-relevant evidence before making deployment decisions. Testing on GPT-5.5, o3, Claude Opus 4.8, and Claude Sonnet 4.6 revealed distinct evidence-acquisition policies among the models.
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