Does Anthropic's self-assessment block harmful requests?
Anthropic describes it as an offline monitor that flags conversations for later investigation. The company says other safeguards block harmful requests in real time; self-assessment is an additional layer, not a standalone prevention system.
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Anthropic’s Self-Assessment Monitor Adds Coverage, Not a Safety GuaranteeAnthropic says Claude can flag potentially harmful conversations using its existing context. The approach is cheap to run, but remains a triage layer.
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