Anthropic· Updated
Anthropic published evaluations of how Claude handles crisis conversations, sycophancy, and age restrictions. On crisis conversations, Claude 4.5 models respond appropriately 98.6% of the time and course-correct from problematic conversations 91% of the time, up from 36% with Opus 4.1.
The results show significant generational improvement. On single-turn crisis responses, Claude 4.5 models respond appropriately 98.6-99.3% of the time. On the harder test - course-correcting mid-conversation - Opus 4.5 scores 91%, up from 36% with Opus 4.1. For sycophancy, the 4.5 family scored 70-85% lower than Opus 4.1 and outperforms all frontier models on the open-source Petri benchmark.
Claude.ai requires users to be 18+, with classifiers flagging self-identified minors. Anthropic is developing a new classifier to detect subtler conversational signs of underage users.
People use AI for a wide variety of reasons, including emotional support. Below, we share the efforts we’ve taken to ensure that Claude handles these conversations both empathetically and honestly. https://t.co/P2BmTDEDge
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