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Preparedness Framework

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OpenAI's published policy for frontier capabilities that could cause severe harm: Tracked Categories with High and Critical thresholds, Safeguards Reports, and a Safety Advisory Group that recommends while OpenAI Leadership decides. Version 2 is dated 15 Apr 2025 1.

Developed in
the frontier safety frameworks crosswalk
Chapters
ch. 10, Reading List
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Preparedness Framework: mentions per chapter1 mention of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter10 Reading List: 1 mention10 Reading List1No mentions in the other 22 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Preparedness Framework: mentions per chapter1 mention of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter00010203040506070810 Reading List: 1 mention11011121314151617181920212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Preparedness Framework per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List1Yes
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
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Sources

  1. [1] Preparedness Framework, Version 2 (last updated 2025-04-15; Tracked Categories, High and Critical thresholds, Safeguards Reports, Safety Advisory Group). OpenAI. 2025-04-15. https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/18a02b5d-6b67-4cec-ab64-68cdfbddebcd/preparedness-framework-v2.pdf (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Preparedness Framework. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/preparedness-framework. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026preparednessframework,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Preparedness Framework}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/preparedness-framework}
}