AI-Assisted Verification Makes Security Sandboxes Practical, Says Anthropic Researcher
geoffreyirving · x · 2026-07-24
Geoffrey Irving, a research scientist at Anthropic, stated that AI-assisted verification has the potential to turn verification-based security from a hopelessly expensive concept into a practical solution. He predicts that within a year or two, it could be feasible to run tests equivalent to OpenAI's recent "model escape" evaluations entirely inside semi-verified operating systems and sandboxes.
Irving acknowledged that this approach won't solve all problems, noting imperfections in specs, human components in sandboxes, and potential hardware-level exploits like Rowhammer. However, he emphasized that investing billions of dollars worth of tokens in wide verification is highly worthwhile.
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