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In everyday words
The RSP is Anthropic’s published rulebook for how it scales model capability with safeguards. This update gives its independent governance body a bigger role in external review.
Need a meaning?
A governance policy that ties increased model capability to stronger safeguards.Anthropic’s independent governance body designed to prioritize public benefit.
Quick Sip
What you need to know
- Who is affected
- AI users, security teams, policy watchers
- What changed
- On April 29, 2026, Anthropic updated its Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) to version 3.2, allowing its Long-Term Benefit Trust to request external review of risk reports and approve reviewer selection.
- Why it matters
- Frontier AI safety governance often fails at implementation details. Formalizing when outsiders can review internal risk reports is a concrete step toward stronger oversight and clearer accountability.
- What to watch next
- Watch what gets shared publicly from external reviews, how independent reviewers are selected, and whether similar governance patterns spread to other AI labs.
Four useful details
- RSP v3.2 adds an option for external review of internal risk reports.
- The Long-Term Benefit Trust can approve which external reviewers are used.
- The update formalizes a requirement for regular briefings to the Trust.
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