RAND Security Levels Debate: Was OpenAI Effectively SL0?
DKokotajlo · x · 2026-09-18
A discussion referencing RAND's security-levels framework asks whether OpenAI's practices at the time amounted to SL0, the lowest tier. The exchange highlights the gap between frontier labs' actual safeguards and external security standards, a notable point of contention in AI security governance.
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