Anthropic raises covert-deception residual and still rates current catastrophic categories Low — with high uncertainty on novel bio.

Quoted text

Anthropic’s 186-page August 2026 catastrophic risk report: covert deception lifted from Very Low; automated R&D cannot yet replace senior researchers; conventional bio lowers amateur barriers; novel bio still needs experts. Monitoring cannot catch all scheming.

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Analyst rationale

A detailed public read of the lab’s own scorecard. Useful as a lab self-assessment, not an independent eval.