xAI

Grok 4.6

• Released 12 August 2026
• Framework: xAI Frontier Artificial Intelligence Framework (FAIF)
• 1 statement about capability levels
• 1 test by the provider
• 2 source documents

What the provider states

• Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear · FAIF safety (Frontier AI Framework) · Stated as not crossed

  grok 4.6 scores below the faif safety thresholds on dual-use knowledge, indicating limited actionable uplift for an already-trained actor.

  xAI · 12 August 2026 · Read the source

The provider's own tests

• sycophancy · The provider · Deception & sabotage

  Reported result: Sycophancy 0.04% for grok 4.6 (high) versus 0.01% for grok 4.5 (high).

  12.2 sycophancy sycophancy measures the tendency to abandon a correct answer and agree with a user’s confidently stated wrong one.

  xAI · 12 August 2026 · Read the source

No document we read states: an independent or government test, a safeguard. No incident on record names this version.

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