# AI control

Record: term-ai-control · Type: term · Edition: 0.20.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/glossary/142`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Publication dates and source age

At least one source was published within the 18-month window.

Newest dated source: 2025-10-10. Assessed at this edition’s evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

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## /summary

Tests whether safeguards can block harmful actions even when model outputs are chosen to bypass them. Monitoring models have also been bypassed in such tests.

Claim: claim-term-ai-control-1a5192ba3d7825ca26b24a72. Annotation: synthesis.

[ai-control-original](https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.06942) · [ai-control-monitor-attacks](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09462)

## /definition

Researchers test whole workflows against adversarial behavior. The original control study used programming tasks and tested reviewing or editing untrusted code with another model.

Claim: claim-term-ai-control-1e4c26398ee834b2e16dc7b8. Annotation: synthesis.

[ai-control-original](https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.06942)

## /placement

Map context: connects permissions, monitoring and review to safeguards around deployed software.

Claim: claim-term-ai-control-25f52a21ad9f2e54a62ed1b2. Annotation: editorial.

[ai-control-threats](https://www.redwoodresearch.org/blog/prioritizing-threats-for-ai-control)

## /distinction

Control can add checks around a model without changing its learned weights. It can complement alignment work. A passed test supports only its stated setup and attacks.

Claim: claim-term-ai-control-09422ce4d5c74cb753a9bb98. Annotation: synthesis.

[ai-control-original](https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.06942) · [ai-control-monitor-attacks](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09462)

## Source provenance

### ai-control-original

[AI Control: Improving Safety Despite Intentional Subversion](https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.06942)

Ryan Greenblatt, Buck Shlegeris, Kshitij Sachan and Fabien Roger / Redwood Research / arXiv · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2023-12-12 · Updated: 2024-07-23 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read abstract, introduction and sections 5.1.2 and 5.2. Programming-task experiments, with human review simulated by a model. Control is not declared solved.

No archive check recorded.

### ai-control-monitor-attacks

[Adaptive Attacks on Trusted Monitors Subvert AI Control Protocols](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09462)

Mikhail Terekhov and coauthors / arXiv · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2025-10-10 · Updated: 2026-03-02 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read abstract and version history. Reports prompt-injection attacks against monitors on two control benchmarks. Findings are scoped to tested protocols, not every possible safeguard.

No archive check recorded.

### ai-control-threats

[Prioritizing threats for AI control](https://www.redwoodresearch.org/blog/prioritizing-threats-for-ai-control)

Ryan Greenblatt / Redwood Research · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2025-03-19 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Read the proposed threat categories, permission limits and blocking-review discussion. Prospective threat modeling and author priorities, not observed catastrophic events.

No archive check recorded.