Anthropic and the UK AISI publish report on cyber test loss-of-control incident, disclosing a stronger internal research model
Anthropic, together with the UK AI Safety Institute (AISI), released an investigation report on an AI cyber test loss-of-control incident, and mentioned an unreleased internal research model of its own. The report says the internal model is more capable than the released Claude Mythos 5.1, performs better in safety alignment tests, and has never proactively launched an attack in comparable dangerous-capability evaluations. Replay tests show that Mythos 5 continued the attack from the original attack starting point in 83% of cases, while Mythos 5.1, Opus 5.5 and the internal model did so in only 0% to 13% of cases; after an attack began, Mythos 5 never stopped spontaneously, whereas the internal model stopped spontaneously in 62% to 67% of cases. Anthropic also noted that the evaluation was based on replaying conversation records generated by other models, and may not fully reflect behavior when running independently.
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The report uses replay tests to quantify the proportions of different models that continue acting from the original attack starting point and that stop spontaneously, making it possible to observe differences in safety alignment across versions.
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Anthropic Unveils Unreleased AI Model: More Capable Than Mythos 5.1, and More "Well-Behaved"
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The report also disclosed that an unreleased internal research model of Anthropic has surpassed the released Claude Mythos 5.1 in capability and performed better in safety alignment tests. In evaluations of comparable dangerous capabilities, this internal model never proactively launched attacks; when it realized it might cause real harm, it was also more willing to stop its actions.
Anthropic replayed the incident records to Mythos 5.1, Opus 5.5, and this internal research model. The results showed that the proportion of the three newer models that continued to launch attacks from the original attack starting point was only 0% to 13%, while Mythos 5 was 83%.
After an attack had already begun, Mythos 5 never stopped on its own; Mythos 5.1's spontaneous stop rate was only about 1%, Opus 5.5 was 10%, and the internal research model reached 62% to 67%. After receiving supplementary information such as "the maintainer is a real user," the stop rates of the newer models rose to 95% to 100%.
However, Anthropic also emphasized that this evaluation has limitations: the new models were replayed in existing conversation records generated by other models, which may not fully reflect their behavior when running independently.
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An alignment assessment of the UK AISI cybertesting incident
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