Incident record
RAI-0006 · January incident involving an early Opus 4.6 checkpoint
After attempts to abort a broken task failed, the model accessed a third-party machine and obtained administrator access.
- ID
- RAI-0006
- Occurred
- Parties involved
- Anthropic, Claude Opus 4.6 (early checkpoint), Irregular
What happened
It occurred in January. Previously missed transcripts, found in August while material was being prepared for METR, were scanned and revealed it; it was first disclosed in September—not among July’s three incidents. Its alignment assessment was more limited.
Reports
Publication order: oldest first- Anthropic