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title: "Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP)"
description: "Anthropic's published policy for catastrophic risks from its models: capability thresholds with planned safeguards, periodic Risk Reports, a Responsible Scaling Officer, external review and a change…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/responsible-scaling-policy-rsp
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-30
---

# Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP)

Anthropic's published policy for catastrophic risks from its models: capability thresholds with planned safeguards, periodic Risk Reports, a Responsible Scaling Officer, external review and a change log. Version 3.4 took effect on 8 Jul 2026 [1].

- Developed in: [the frontier safety frameworks crosswalk](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/resources/frontier-safety-crosswalk)
- Chapters: [ch. 10, Reading List](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/reading-list)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-responsible-scaling-policy-rsp

## Sources

[1] Responsible Scaling Policy, Version 3.4 (effective 2026-07-08; capability-threshold table, Risk Reports, Appendix B on AI Safety Levels). Anthropic. 2026-07-08. https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/files/4zrzovbb/website/0bacdc8440ea96e62a8766d99ebe1d4eea6d5f3a.pdf (verified: primary)