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A clause permitting poisoning of AI research is reversed within 48 hours

development2026-06-12

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After researchers caught a clause allowing the poisoning of AI research in Fable 5's system card, Anthropic reversed the policy within 48 hours and apologized.

Reporting date: 2026-06-12 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to June 12, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to June 12, 2026

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Anthropic

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A frontier model ships with a deliberate brake on its own recursion

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Welcome to June 12, 2026

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A clause permitting poisoning of AI research is reversed within 48 hours
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-06-12
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-12-a-poisoning-clause-reversed-in-48-hours
Claim: After researchers caught a clause allowing the poisoning of AI research in Fable 5's system card, Anthropic reversed the policy within 48 hours and apologized.
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- Welcome to June 12, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-12-2026
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