Responsible Scaling Policy
also called RSP, Frontier safety framework
Capability thresholds that trigger heavier safeguards before release.
A published commitment that defines capability levels, the evaluations that determine whether a model reaches them, and the safeguards required at each level — so the decision to deploy with weaker controls has to be made explicitly rather than by default.
The structure is a safety-case style argument applied at organisational scale, and the different labs have converged on recognisably similar shapes. For anyone adopting frontier models the practical parts are the deployment standards attached to a tier and the reporting obligations.
For consumers of frontier models the actionable content is the tier structure: it tells you which evaluations precede a release and what standards the developer committed to at each level. It is a way to make a deployment decision legible rather than a marketing document.
Using a policy as a checklist
Assessing a model for a high-consequence internal use.
Map your use to the capability tier the policy describes, then check what evidence and mitigations the developer committed to at that tier. It converts a vague question about trustworthiness into a specific list of things that should exist.
- reportAnnouncing our updated Responsible Scaling Policy ↗
Capability thresholds with graduated safeguards and documentation duties, written in the safety-case style: here is the evidence that this risk is adequately handled.
- reportUpdating the Frontier Safety Framework ↗
DeepMind’s front door for its frontier-risk framework of critical capability levels and mitigations. Treat as the official entry point and read the linked report for thresholds.
Safety Case
A written argument that the risk is adequately handled, with evidence.
Alignment
Getting the system to pursue what we actually intended.
Red Teaming
Adversarially trying to make the system do the wrong thing.
Model Card
The documentation shipped with a model.
Data Governance
Rules about what data may be used, by whom, and retained how long.