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

The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.* 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 ‘Overly Agentic…