# Google DeepMind Safety Promises: Kept or Not? | RSI
> Google DeepMind has made 5 public safety promises tracked here: 1 kept, 0 not met and 1 withdrawn, with the primary source and the status source for each one.
Source: https://enterrsi.si/promises/google-deepmind/
Updated: 2026-11-08
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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 It has made **5 public safety promises** tracked here: 1 kept, 1 withdrawn, 3 in progress. Each one links to its primary source, and every Kept, Not met or Withdrawn status names the public source that reports it.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](https://enterrsi.si/containment-board/google-deepmind/), 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Withdrawn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 progressApr 17, 2026
### 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](https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/DeepMind.com/Blog/strengthening-our-frontier-safety-framework/frontier-safety-framework_3-1.pdf) Google DeepMind · Apr 17, 2026
**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.
- [Gemini 4 Argon Safety and Security Report](https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/gemini/gemini_4_safety_report.pdf) Google DeepMind · Oct 13, 2026
Checked Nov 10, 2026 · [Report a correction](#corrections)
In progressAug 1, 2025
### 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](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/contents-code-gpai) European Commission · Oct 7, 2026
**In progress.** The European Commission lists the signature (page updated Oct 7, 2026); the EU AI Office has not published an assessment of compliance.
Checked Nov 10, 2026 · [Report a correction](#corrections)
KeptMay 21, 2024
### 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](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/frontier-ai-safety-commitments-ai-seoul-summit-2024/frontier-ai-safety-commitments-ai-seoul-summit-2024) UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · May 21, 2024
**Kept:** reported by METR, whose index lists the Frontier Safety Framework from May 2024.
[Frontier AI Safety Policies (index of published company frameworks)](https://metr.org/fsp) METR · Nov 10, 2026
Checked Nov 10, 2026 · [Report a correction](#corrections)
In progressJul 21, 2023
### 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](https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/21/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-secures-voluntary-commitments-from-leading-artificial-intelligence-companies-to-manage-the-risks-posed-by-ai) The White House (archived) · Jul 21, 2023
**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.
Checked Nov 10, 2026 · [Report a correction](#corrections)
WithdrawnJun 7, 2018
### 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](https://blog.google/technology/ai/ai-principles/) Google · Jun 7, 2018
**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](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/google-removes-pledge-to-not-use-ai-for-weapons-from-website/) TechCrunch · Feb 4, 2025
Checked Nov 10, 2026 · [Report a correction](#corrections)
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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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