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NIKOLAI elementN1 · Actors, models and scopeProposednikolai-v0.1

Safety framework version

NIKOLAI proposal (unsourced): the identifier, effective date and change log of the governing safety framework under which an artefact was produced, recorded as a versioned record-type so that an assessment or safeguard can be tied to the exact framework version in force when it was produced.

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OrganisationTheir term, as publishedMatch & verificationSource
AnthropicShadow mapping
Responsible Scaling Policy v3.4 / Risk Report
"RSP v3.4", "Effective July 8, 2026" (cover page). Full changelog confirmed verbatim across nine versions from RSP v1.0 (19 Sep 2023) through v3.4 (8 Jul 2026) (Contents page). "We have always intended for our RSP to be a living document" (Introduction). The Risk Report records the same threshold and procedure changes introduced in v3.1-v3.4 (§1.3).exactEQ
confidence: high
Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy v3.4, effective 8 Jul 2026
OpenAIShadow mapping
Preparedness Framework v2 / Frontier Governance Framework
"Version 2. Last updated: 15th April, 2025" (PF cover). The FGF carries "No date ... anywhere in the PDF" and no version number.closeCL
confidence: medium
OpenAI Preparedness Framework v2
Google DeepMindShadow mapping
Frontier Safety Framework v3.1
"Published: April 17, 2026"; version history "v1.0 (17 May 2024), v2.0 (4 Feb 2025), v3.0 (22 Sep 2025), v3.1 (17 Apr 2026)" (para. of s.5.3, p.17).exactEQ
confidence: high
Google DeepMind Frontier Safety Framework v3.1
xAIShadow mapping
Frontier AI Framework, 30 Jun 2026
"Effective Date 30 June 2026"; no version number given; PDF metadata title reads "Privileged/Confidential DRAFT working FRAMEWORK DOC".
This source's PDF metadata /Title reads "Privileged/Confidential DRAFT working FRAMEWORK DOC"; no xAI statement disambiguating draft vs. final status was found (open [VERIFY] item in the source document's register).
narrowNR
confidence: medium
xAI Frontier AI Framework, 30 Jun 2026
MetaShadow mapping
Advanced AI Scaling Framework v2
Appendix II change log: v2.0 dated April 7, 2026; initial version (Frontier AI Framework) dated February 3, 2025 (para., p.44).exactEQ
confidence: high
Meta Advanced AI Scaling Framework v2
EUShadow mapping
Safety and Security chapter
"Signatories commit to adopting a state-of-the-art Safety and Security Framework ('Framework')" via a three-step process -- creating (Measure 1.1), implementing (1.2), updating (1.3) -- plus notification (1.4) (Commitment 1). Update trigger: "reasonable grounds to believe that the adequacy of their Framework and/or their adherence thereto has been or will be materially undermined, or every 12 months ..., whichever is sooner" (Measure 1.3), with "a changelog, describing how and why the Framework has been updated, along with a version number and the date of change."exactEQ
confidence: high
EU GPAI Code of Practice, Safety and Security Chapter
California SB 53Shadow mapping
SB 53 statute text
"Frontier AI framework": "documented technical and organizational protocols to manage, assess, and mitigate catastrophic risks" (22757.11(g)); material modification must be published "and a justification for that modification within 30 days" (22757.12(b)(2)).closeCL
confidence: medium
California SB 53
Safety Framework Cards (discovery)Shadow mapping
Safety Framework Cards (SSRN 7061798, unread/paywalled)
"revision protocol" is one of six evaluation dimensions (secondary) [UV].
SFC full text is paywalled on SSRN and could not be read; the {DEV} discovery-sweep tag does not resolve to a single fetchable URL in the provided sources table. Recorded as UV/unverified, not a confirmed match.
noneUV
confidence: low
Discovery sweep: Safety Framework Cards (SSRN 7061798, unread/paywalled)
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none
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EQ
Equivalent
CL
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BR
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NR
Source is narrower than the element
FF
False friend — same or similar label, different meaning
DU
Declared but undefined by the source
UV
Unverified

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These sources mention this concept but do not define or map it clearly enough to count as a crosswalk row — noted here so the research is visible without overstating it as a mapping.

  • METR

    METR maintains a versioned register of published frontier safety policies at /fsp -- a pointer to a tracking resource, not itself a framework-version record.

    METR

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