What Is Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP)?
Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) is a developer's published framework that ties the deployment of more capable AI to predefined safety evaluations and safeguards.
Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP), a developer's published framework that ties the deployment of more capable AI to predefined safety evaluations and safeguards.
An RSP (some labs call it a preparedness or frontier safety framework) commits a developer to test models for dangerous capabilities at defined thresholds and to hold back or add safeguards if those thresholds are crossed. It is a voluntary, self-imposed governance mechanism rather than a regulatory requirement, and a reference point for what credible frontier-AI risk management looks like.
Source: Frontier AI developer safety frameworks
Plain-language explanation
An RSP (some labs call it a preparedness or frontier safety framework) commits a developer to test models for dangerous capabilities at defined thresholds and to hold back or add safeguards if those thresholds are crossed. It is a voluntary, self-imposed governance mechanism rather than a regulatory requirement, and a reference point for what credible frontier-AI risk management looks like.
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