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The model usage policies and content filtering mechanisms of OpenAI and Anthropic tend to incorrectly refuse legitimate penetration testing and security research tasks, a phenomenon referred to as the over-alignment problem.
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10/11/2026
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Valid until: 1/9/2027
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