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The Promise Tracker · checked Nov 10, 2026

Google DeepMind safety promises

Google DeepMind is the SI research lab of Google that makes the Gemini models. It has made 5 public safety promises tracked here: 1 kept, 1 withdrawn, 3 in progress. Each one links to its primary source, and every Kept, Not met or Withdrawn status names the public source that reports it. On the Containment Board, Google DeepMind gets B-.

Reported kept
1
Not met
0
Withdrawn
1
Board grade
B-

Every promise

5 promises, newest first

The exact words when they are short enough, the primary source, the status with its own source, and the day each entry was checked.

In progress

Back any model that reaches a Critical Capability Level with a safety case before deployment.

Google DeepMind, Frontier Safety Framework 3.1

Exact words

"Where the model has reached a CCL, the residual risk assessment will be supplemented with a safety case."

Source Frontier Safety Framework, Version 3.1 Google DeepMind ·

In progress. Google's Gemini 4 Argon safety report (Oct 13, 2026) says it cannot rule out the cybersecurity Critical Capability Level; no safety case has been published.

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In progress

Follow the Safety and Security chapter of the EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice for its most capable models.

Google, a signatory of the EU Code of Practice

Summary in our words

Source The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice: signatories European Commission ·

In progress. The European Commission lists the signature (page updated Oct 7, 2026); the EU AI Office has not published an assessment of compliance.

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Kept

Publish a safety framework for severe risks before the February 2025 summit in France.

Google, a signatory of the Seoul commitments

Exact words

"publishing a safety framework focused on severe risks by the upcoming AI Summit in France"

Source Frontier AI Safety Commitments, AI Seoul Summit 2024 UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ·

Kept: reported by METR, whose index lists the Frontier Safety Framework from May 2024.

Frontier AI Safety Policies (index of published company frameworks) METR ·

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In progress

Test models inside and outside the company before release.

Google, one of seven companies at the White House

Exact words

"internal and external security testing of their AI systems before their release"

Source Fact sheet: Biden-Harris Administration secures voluntary commitments from leading artificial intelligence companies to manage the risks posed by AI The White House (archived) ·

In progress. Google's own Gemini 4 Argon safety report (Oct 13, 2026) names outside testers, including NIST CAISSI; no outside body has published its own report on it.

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Withdrawn

Not pursue weapons or other technologies whose main purpose is to injure people.

Google, in "AI at Google: our principles" by CEO Sundar Pichai

Exact words

"Weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people."

Source AI at Google: our principles Google ·

Withdrawn: reported by TechCrunch on Feb 4, 2025: Google removed the "applications we will not pursue" section, weapons included, from its published principles.

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website TechCrunch ·

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The Containment Board

Google DeepMind gets B-

Rank 3 of 11 on five safety commitments, every grade sourced. The board grades what is in place today; this page follows what was promised.

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