> We stated that we would keep Claude Mythos Preview’s release limited and test new cyber safeguards on less capable models first. Opus 4.7 is the first such model: its cyber capabilities are not as advanced as those of Mythos Preview (indeed, during its training we experimented with efforts to differentially reduce these capabilities). We are releasing Opus 4.7 with safeguards that automatically detect and block req…
In general I feel that over-engineering safeguards in training comes at a noticeable cost to general intelligence. Like asking someone to solve a problem on a white board in a job interview. In that situation, the stress slices off at least 10% of my IQ.