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San Francisco, California, February 3, 2025 – Anthrope introduced a revolutionary security framework aimed at facing one of the most persistent challenges of artificial intelligence: universal jailbreaks. ​In a recent article published by the Research Team on ​Anthropogenic Backups, the company has detailed its new defense mechanism, known as constitutional classifiers, which has demonstrated a remarkable resistance against the sophisticated Jailbreak attempts.
What are universal jailbreaks and why do they matter?
Universal Jailbreaks refer to the management inputs designed to avoid the safety protocols of an AI model, ​which ​required producing answers, was explicitly programmed ​to avoid. ​These attacks can exploit vulnerabilities thanks to techniques such as excessively long ​indications, unconventional capitalization ​or linguistic advice. According to Anthrope, despite more than a decade of research on the safety ​of ​AI, no deep learning model in production ​has been completely resistant to such attacks.
How do constitutional classifiers ​work?
Constitutional classifiers ​work both, input ​and output filters, trained ​in synthetic data ​to identify and block the harmful content. Inspired ​by ​previous ​anthropic work ​on constitutional AI, this system uses a “constitution”, ​a set of guiding principles that clearly delimit acceptable and prohibited content. For example, although a model can respond to a request on mustard recipes, ​it would reject requests related to mustard gas production.
The ​Anthrope methodology is to generate a wide range ​of ​synthetic indications ​and responses that cover mild and potentially harmful subjects. These data sets are used to ​train classifiers capable of distinguishing between ​safe and dangerous content. The company also integrates comments from real world tests to continually refine the system.
What were the results of the human red team?
To evaluate the robustness of the constitutional classifiers, Anthrope has carried out a vast exercise in the human red team. In total, 183 participants are committed to a Bogues bond program, dedicating more than 3,000 hours to two months to try a universal jailbreaks. The ​challenge referred to ten “prohibited” requests, the participants encouraged to use any technique to ​avoid model ​defenses. Despite the high ​problems, up to $ 15,000, no ​participant has managed to make a ​universal jailbreak.
“Despite ​the in -depth efforts of the qualified ​red teams, our constitutional ​classifiers are firm, marking a significant progression in the safety of AI”, “,”, “,”, “
The research team on anthropogenic backups said.
What reveal automated evaluations?
Anthrope completed human tests with automated evaluations, generating 10,000 synthetic indications of Jailbreak. Without any defensive measure, the sonnet Claude 3.5, the low surveillance model, had a success rate of 86% Jailbreak, blocking only 14% of attempts. However, when ​protected ​by constitutional classifiers, the success rate fell to 4.4%, effectively neutralizing ​more than 95% of attack vectors.
Interestingly, the system rejection rate for legitimate applications has only increased slightly, ​to 0.38%, a statistically not significant change. In ​addition, although the calculation cost ​increased by 23.7%, anthropic considers that this is a moderate commitment given the substantial security benefits.
How does this have an impact on the deployment of ​AI?
The development of constitutional classifiers is essential for the safe deployment of increasingly competent models. As part of the anthropic -responsible scale policy, new models can be published, provided ​that the ​risks are attenuated at acceptable levels. Jailbreaking is a direct threat to ​this framework, which potentially exposes models to ​misuse. By considerably reducing the probability of Jailbreaks success, constitutional classifiers ​improve the viability of the deployment of advanced AI systems in real ​environments.
What are the ​limits of constitutional ​classifiers?
Although the results are ​promising, Anthrope acknowledges that constitutional classifiers are not ​infallible. The system may not avoid all potential jailbreaks, especially because ​attackers develop new techniques. In addition, the performance of the classifiers can ​vary ​according to the nature ​of the content and the sophistication of ​the attack.
To face these challenges, Anthrope recommends using constitutional classifiers along with other security measures. The flexible system of the system allows rapid updates of its “constitution”, which allows you to adapt to emerging threats. Continuous ​monitoring and iterative improvements are key elements of the long -term anthropic security strategy.
What is the next step? Live ​demonstration and community participation
In an effort to prove and improve its system, Anthrope is organizing a live demonstration of constitutional ​classifiers from February 3 to February 10, 2025. The demonstration focuses on ​requests related to chemical weapons, which puts users in the challenge of testing cameras in ​controlled conditions. Participants are encouraged to provide comments, with a successful jailbreaks eligible for monetary awards under the responsible ​dissemination policy.
“The community’s challenge to break our system helps ​us ​identify ​the vulnerabilities ​that we could have lost, which ultimately makes AI safe for all”, “,”, “,”, “,”, “,” “,”, “,”, “,”, “,”.
The research team ​on anthropic backups.
The proactive approach of Anthrope, which combines rigorous ​internal tests with a ​red -oriented equipment, underlines its commitment to the safety of AI. The company also attributes external organizations such ​as ​Hackerone, Haize Labs, Gray Swan and the British IA Security Institute for their contributions to development and tests of constitutional ​classifiers.
While AIs continues to evolve, the importance of robust security measures ​cannot be overestimated. Constitutional anthropic classifiers represent ​a significant ​step forward in the continuous effort to create AI systems that are not only ​powerful but are so safe and reliable.