# Frontier safety framework: Meaning and Why It Matters > A frontier safety framework is a lab's published plan for spotting dangerous capabilities in its SI models and the safeguards it will apply when they appear. Source: https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/frontier-safety-framework/ Updated: 2026-11-08 1. [Home](https://enterrsi.si/) 2. [Encyclopedia](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/) 3. Frontier safety framework RSI Encyclopedia · Term # Frontier safety framework A frontier safety framework is a lab's published plan for spotting dangerous capabilities in its SI models and the safeguards it will apply when they appear. Category : Term Also called : safety framework, Frontier Safety Framework Rogue Log cases : 0 Laws that use it : 13 ## In plain English At the 2024 Seoul summit most leading labs agreed to publish safety frameworks for their frontier models, and by 2026 almost every major developer had one under some name: Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy, OpenAI's Preparedness Framework, Google DeepMind's Frontier Safety Framework, Meta's Superintelligence Scaling Framework, xAI's Frontier Artificial Intelligence Framework, Microsoft's Frontier Governance Framework and Amazon's Frontier Model Safety Framework. The frameworks share a structure. They list severe risk areas such as chemical and biological weapons, cyber attacks, autonomous replication and automated SI research, define capability levels that count as dangerous, and promise safeguards for each level. They differ on how measurable the thresholds are, whether commitments are binding or discretionary, and who checks compliance. Laws are starting to require them: New York's RAISE Act, for example, obliges large frontier developers to publish such a framework and review it every year. ## Why it matters for rogue SI These frameworks are the labs' own rules for avoiding rogue SI. The safety framework grade on the Containment Board measures how specific and enforceable each one is. ## Laws and rules that use it - In force [**EO 14365**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-eo-14365/) United States - Proposed [**FRONTIER Act**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/us-frontier-act/) United States - In force [**SB 53**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ca-sb-53/) California - In force [**EO N-9-26**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ca-eo-n-9-26/) California - Passed, not yet in force [**RAISE Act**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ny-raise-act/) New York - Passed, not yet in force [**SB 315**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/il-sb-315/) Illinois - Voluntary or guidance [**Framework 3.0**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/cn-ai-safety-governance-framework/) China - Voluntary or guidance [**Voluntary Code**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/ca-voluntary-code/) Canada ## Lab policies - [**Responsible Scaling Policy**](https://www.anthropic.com/responsible-scaling-policy) Anthropic · version 3.4 - [**Preparedness Framework**](https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/18a02b5d-6b67-4cec-ab64-68cdfbddebcd/preparedness-framework-v2.pdf) OpenAI · version 2 - [**Frontier Governance Framework**](https://openai.com/index/openai-frontier-governance-framework) OpenAI · version May 2026 - [**Frontier Safety Framework**](https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/DeepMind.com/Blog/strengthening-our-frontier-safety-framework/frontier-safety-framework_3-1.pdf) Google DeepMind · version 3.1 - [**Superintelligence Scaling Framework**](https://research.meta.ai/static/meta-superintelligence-scaling-framework) Meta · version 2.1 - [**Frontier Artificial Intelligence Framework**](https://media.x.ai/v1/website/xai-frontier-artificial-intelligence-framework-30-june-2026-99c40684.pdf) xAI · version June 30, 2026 - [**Frontier Governance Framework**](https://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/msc/documents/presentations/CSR/Frontier-Governance-Framework-Feb-2026.pdf) Microsoft · version February 2026 - [**Frontier Model Safety Framework**](https://cdn.amazon.science/a0/4f/bca5cb32495280835d9370a466b7/amazon-fmsf-9-2026.pdf) Amazon · version September 2026 ## Sources 1. [Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-23092/ensuring-a-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligence) Federal Register · Dec 16, 2025 2. [H.R. 9925, FRONTIER Act, 119th Congress](https://legiscan.com/US/bill/HB9925/) LegiScan The term Term : Frontier safety framework Also called : safety framework, Frontier Safety Framework Category : Term Related terms : 4 Related terms [Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/responsible-scaling-policy/)[Preparedness Framework **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/preparedness-framework/)[Capability threshold **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/capability-threshold/)[Pause commitment **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/pause-commitment/) Cite this entry "Frontier safety framework." 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