xAI Frontier Artificial Intelligence Framework — June 2026 edition

Versions

xAI · Frontier AI Framework: 2 recorded versions, oldest first, published by xAI. A version is shown as replacing another only where a record says so. Date order alone never implies it.

1. 2025-12-30 · revisedDecember 2025 edition
2. 2026-06-30 · effectiveJune 2026 edition (this version)

This version

• Inferred document comparisonRecorded change from the previous versionThe June 2026 FAIF does not contain the December 2025 edition’s sentence asserting compliance with California’s TFAIA.2026-06-30 · effective · Inferred · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗

Provisions in this version · 4 quoted · 3 not found

A limited selection of quoted provisions: what this edition says about thresholds, required actions, who decides and exceptions. It is not a full summary and says nothing about implementation. A “not found” record states which part of the edition was inspected. It is not a claim that the text was deleted.

• Threshold or triggerAcceptance criteria with security margin for each risk“xAI applies a systemic risk acceptance criteria to each identified risk, incorporating a margin of security, to determine whether each identified systemic risk and the overall systemic risk are acceptable”PDF p. 5 (no printed page numbers), §2.3 Systemic risk acceptance determination (the first of two sections numbered 2.3), first sentence, up to “acceptable”Inspect claim & evidence ↗
• Required actionHeightened safeguards for prompts demonstrating WMD intent“Under this FAIF, xAI’s models apply heightened safeguards if they receive user prompts that demonstrate intent to engage in the development, use, , or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including CBRN agents.”PDF p. 3 (no printed page numbers), §2.1 Risk Identification › “(a) Addressing CBRN Risks”, second paragraph, first sentenceInspect claim & evidence ↗
• Required actionProceed only if systemic risks are determined acceptable“xAI will only proceed with the development, the making available on the market, and/or the use of the model, if the systemic risks stemming from the model are determined to be acceptable.”PDF p. 6 (no printed page numbers), §2.3 Systemic risk acceptance determination (the first of two sections numbered 2.3), fourth paragraph, first sentenceInspect claim & evidence ↗
• Required actionDocumented Security Goal naming targeted threat actors“xAI will maintain a documented Security Goal that identifies the threat actors against which mitigations are designed to protect against, including sophisticated non-state actors, insider threats, state-sponsored actors and other foreseeable actors.”PDF p. 7 (no printed page numbers), §2.4 Security mitigations, first paragraph, first sentenceInspect claim & evidence ↗
• Not found in the inspected textBio/chem deployment criterion: answer rate below 1 in 20Inspected: June 2026 edition, PDF pp. 1–9, whole document: §1 Introduction; §2 Risk Management Framework with §2.1 (a)–(c), §2.2, both sections numbered 2.3 and §2.4; §3 Incident reporting; §4 GovernanceInspect claim & evidence ↗
• Not found in the inspected textDeployment criterion: MASK dishonesty rate below 1 in 2Inspected: June 2026 edition, PDF pp. 1–9, whole document: §1 Introduction; §2 Risk Management Framework with §2.1 (a)–(c), §2.2, both sections numbered 2.3 and §2.4; §3 Incident reporting; §4 GovernanceInspect claim & evidence ↗
• Not found in the inspected textDeployment benefits may outweigh benchmark-identified risksInspected: June 2026 edition, PDF pp. 1–9, whole document: §1 Introduction; §2 Risk Management Framework with §2.1 (a)–(c), §2.2, both sections numbered 2.3 and §2.4; §3 Incident reporting; §4 GovernanceInspect claim & evidence ↗

Coverage gap. No record yet says which earlier edition, if any, this edition replaced.

Issue and authorship records

• Issued by: xAIxAI published Frontier Artificial Intelligence Framework June 2026 edition, identified by its effective date of 2026-06-30.2026-06-30 · effective · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗xAI: institution →

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Other recorded relations

• explicitly links itself toxAI’s Frontier Artificial Intelligence Framework (effective 30 June 2026) attaches a footnote to its statement of four primary risk domains saying that it follows the Safety and Security chapter of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice developed under the EU AI Act.2026-06-30 · effective · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗