Claude Opus 4.6: System Card Part 1: Mundane Alignment and Model Welfare

Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast · Feb 9, 2026 · 1h 2m

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:03:50 - A Three Act Play

* 00:04:53 - Safety Not Guaranteed

* 00:10:53 - Pliny Can Still Jailbreak Everything

* 00:13:01 - Transparency Is Good: The 212-Page System Card

* 00:14:07 - Mostly Harmless

* 00:18:47 - Mostly Honest

* 00:21:10 - Agentic Safety

* 00:23:29 - Prompt Injection

* 00:27:38 - Key Alignment Findings

* 00:38:10 - Behavioral Evidence (6.2)

* 00:43:33 - Reward Hacking and…