OpenAI names the four things it wants safety assessors to test

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That access should enable assessors to challenge our assumptions, identify risks we may have missed, and reach their own conclusions about the effectiveness of our safeguards.

OpenAI published that on Tuesday, in a document setting out what it wants outside safety assessors to do. Lama Ahmad wrote it. She leads the company’s work with external safety experts.

The company said on Tuesday that it would open its models to independent scrutiny earlier in development. This document sits underneath that. It names four areas for assessment, and seven principles for how the work should run.

Two definitions the rest depends on

A safety claim, in OpenAI’s definition, is a specific assertion about a model that bears on its safety. Evidence can test it. The claim should name the risks and conditions it covers, along with its assumptions and limits.

A safety case gathers those claims into one structured argument. It explains...

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