Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2

Scope and obligations

First-mover industry safety framework. Introduces the AI Safety Level (ASL) capability-tier vocabulary subsequently adapted by OpenAI Preparedness + DeepMind FSF. v2 (Oct 2024) refines ASL-3/ASL-4 capability thresholds, mandates pre-deployment capability evaluations, and commits to a Frontier Red Team. Seoul Frontier AI Safety Commitments signatory; cited by name in EU AI Office GPAI Code of Practice drafts.

Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2 addresses 4 contested AI-governance topics explicitly, 6 via general principles,.

Topics governed

• governs
  Foundation Models / GPAI— RSP v2 §2 — ASL framework applies to frontier model releases
• implicit
  Compute-Threshold Reporting— RSP v2 capability evaluations triggered by capability rather than pure compute; compute is one signal
• governs
  Transparency Obligations— RSP v2 §5 — public publication of safety determinations + capability eval methodology
• governs
  Catastrophic & Existential Risk— RSP v2 §3 — ASL-3 / ASL-4 capability thresholds explicitly target CBRN uplift + autonomous-replication
• implicit
  International Coordination— Seoul Frontier AI Safety Commitments signatory; coordinates with US + UK AISIs on capability evaluation
• governs
  Agentic AI Governance— RSP v2 — ASL thresholds include 'autonomous AI replication' + agentic capability evaluations
• implicit
  Open-Weight Frontier Release— RSP applies to Anthropic's models which are closed-weight; framework does not address third-party open release
• implicit
  Synthetic Content Provenance— Deployment-stage controls would include content provenance where capability tier requires
• implicit
  AI in Elections— Anthropic's election-integrity acceptable-use policies apply to deployments; not in RSP itself
• implicit
  Compute + Model-Weight Export Controls— ASL-3+ tiers include model-weight access controls (recipient-restriction analog)

Cross-jurisdiction comparison

How peer instruments treat the topics Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2 governs.

°= industry self-imposed voluntary framework. Comparing a voluntary code's "governs" tint with a binding regulation's "governs" tint flattens the legal-force distinction; use the instrument-page banner for the operative status of each.

How to cite this article

Policy Window. (2024). Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2 [Wiki article — Instrument]. https://policywindow.org/wiki/anthropic-rsp

Policy Window. 2024. "Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2." Wiki article (Instrument). https://policywindow.org/wiki/anthropic-rsp.

@misc{policywindow-anthropic-rsp,
  title  = {Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) v2},
  author = {Policy Window},
  year   = {2024},
  howpublished = {Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy v2 (Oct 2024)},
  url    = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/anthropic-rsp},
  note   = {Primary source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/announcing-our-updated-responsible-scaling-policy}
}

Related instruments

• EU AI Act · EU
• Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI · US
• G7 Hiroshima AI Process Code of Conduct · G7
• NIST AI Risk Management Framework · US
• Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety · global
• Seoul Declaration on Safe, Innovative and Inclusive AI · global
• NIST AI RMF Generative AI Profile · US
• California SB-1047: Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier AI Models Act · US
• Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023) · BR
• OpenAI Preparedness Framework · US
• Google DeepMind Frontier Safety Framework · US
• Meta Frontier AI Framework · US
• White House Voluntary AI Commitments · US
• Singapore Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AI · SG
• Japan METI AI Guidelines for Business · JP