asl-3 AI News & Updates
Anthropic Releases Claude 4 Models with Enhanced Multi-Step Reasoning and ASL-3 Safety Classification
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, new AI models with improved multi-step reasoning, coding abilities, and reduced reward hacking behaviors. Opus 4 has reached Anthropic's ASL-3 safety classification, indicating it may substantially increase someone's ability to obtain or deploy chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. Both models feature hybrid capabilities combining instant responses with extended reasoning modes and can use multiple tools while building tacit knowledge over time.
Skynet Chance (+0.1%): ASL-3 classification indicates the model poses substantial risks for weapons development, representing a significant capability jump toward dangerous applications. Enhanced reasoning and tool use capabilities combined with weapon-relevant knowledge increases potential for harmful autonomous actions.
Skynet Date (-1 days): Reaching ASL-3 safety thresholds and achieving enhanced multi-step reasoning represents significant acceleration toward dangerous AI capabilities. The combination of improved reasoning, tool use, and weapon-relevant knowledge suggests faster approach to concerning capability levels.
AGI Progress (+0.06%): Multi-step reasoning, tool use, memory formation, and tacit knowledge building represent major advances toward AGI-level capabilities. The models' ability to maintain focused effort across complex workflows and build knowledge over time are key AGI characteristics.
AGI Date (-1 days): Significant breakthroughs in reasoning, memory, and tool use combined with reaching ASL-3 thresholds suggests rapid progress toward AGI-level capabilities. The hybrid reasoning approach and knowledge building capabilities represent major acceleration in AGI-relevant research.