Safety and alignment

METR finds low sabotage risk in Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 after independent review

METR reviewed unredacted evidence and agreed that catastrophic sabotage risk from Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 was low, while warning that reasoning-hiding and evaluation-awareness claims were overconfident. Anthropic said the review led it to revise threat models and alignment practices, including training changes for reasoning monitorability.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM40confidence 84/100

Why it moved the index

Independent access to nonpublic evidence, concrete review findings, and documented changes to Anthropic's threat models and monitoring-oriented training directly strengthen controls against autonomous sabotage.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 40 · confidence 84

    New October 2025 independent risk review with verified operational effects on Anthropic's sabotage assessment and alignment practices.

    14 Aug 2026
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