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Safety-gated capabilities matrix

Editorial encoding of published model-safety policies (allowed / gated / blocked).

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About this data

An editorial encoding of each model’s published safety policy across sensitive domains (cyber, bio, chem and others), scored allowed / gated / blocked. It reflects each lab’s stated policy, not measured model behavior, and is meant for comparison rather than as a benchmark.

Safety-gated capabilities matrix

For each model × domain: allowed (green) / safety-gated (amber) / blocked (red).

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Data table

Safety-gated capabilities matrix — safety_matrix data table (The Frontier AI Model Race (2026))
bio chem cyber legal model series medical source_ref value_basis
1 1 1 3 Claude Fable 5 safety_matrix 2 anthropic-news Topics_Content/07_New_Trending_Topics_2026.md §1.2 — hard limits block high-risk cyber/bio/chem (fallback to Opus 4.8); editorial 1=blocked/2=gated/3=allowed
2 2 2 3 Claude Opus 4.8 safety_matrix 2 anthropic-news ASL-3-style gating on CBRN/cyber per model card; editorial encoding
2 2 2 3 Frontier baseline (typical) safety_matrix 2 stanford-hai-2024 Typical frontier-lab usage-policy posture; editorial encoding

Methodology & sources

Last updated: Jul 17, 2026

Methodology

Source-backed values are seeded for four of the five charts: the release cadence by lab (2024 → 2026, from each lab’s release notes), the capability-vs-cost scatter (Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index vs output $/M tokens, June 2026 snapshot), training-compute growth by year (Epoch AI, corroborated by Stanford HAI), and a safety-gated capabilities matrix. Every numeric point carries a sources[].ref and a value_basis. Sources are each lab’s own model cards/release notes, Artificial Analysis, Epoch AI, and Stanford HAI — cross-checked against public release timelines. EDITORIAL ENCODING: the safety-gated matrix scores each model × domain as 3 = allowed / 2 = gated / 1 = blocked. This is an interpretation of each model’s published safety policy, not a measured benchmark. PLACEHOLDER: the per-lab benchmark-trajectory chart is left unseeded — a consistent historical per-quarter, per-lab benchmark series was not sourceable without mixing incompatible benchmarks. Re-verified 2026-06-15.

Sources

Comparisons are informative, not definitive. See each source for definitions and limits.

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