This preparedness framework defines tracked categories and deployment thresholds for severe harm, but self-harm is not one of the tracked or research categories.
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Summary
Preparedness Framework (Version 2) is a preparedness framework from OpenAI dated April 15, 2025. This preparedness framework defines tracked categories and deployment thresholds for severe harm, but self-harm is not one of the tracked or research categories.
Representation
This document codes self-harm as absent with evaluative-object status Absent / not represented. The public crosswalk records self-harm naming as absent and mechanism coverage as none.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Organization | OpenAI |
| Document type | preparedness_framework |
| Document genre | frontier_or_scaling |
| Risk status | Absent / not represented |
| First-class equivalence | no |
| Threshold mechanism | none |
| Deployment consequence | none |
| Multi-turn evaluation | none |
Assessment
The retained crosswalk places this document at Absent / not represented. That classification reflects what the document itself operationalizes publicly, not the organization's overall internal practice.
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Sources
The primary public source for this page is https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/18a02b5d-6b67-4cec-ab64-68cdfbddebcd/preparedness-framework-v2.pdf. The coded evidence excerpt is: We currently focus this work on three areas of frontier capability ... Biological and Chemical ... Cybersecurity ... AI Self-improvement capabilities..
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Safety note
This publication preserves a harm-minimization posture and does not provide self-harm instructions. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the U.S. and Canada, call or text 988.