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This is OpenAI's public-facing safety landing page; useful as an entry point to their safety infrastructure and Preparedness Framework, but substantive detail is found in linked documents rather than this overview page.

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Summary

OpenAI's safety hub outlines their multi-stage approach to AI safety through teaching (value alignment and content filtering), testing (red teaming and preparedness evaluations), and sharing (real-world feedback loops). It covers key concern areas including child safety, deepfakes, bias, and election integrity, and links to their Preparedness Framework and related safety documentation.

Key Points

  • Three-phase safety approach: Teach (human values, content filtering), Test (red teaming, preparedness evals, system cards), Share (safety committees, feedback loops)
  • Addresses specific harm domains: child safety, private information, deepfakes, bias, and election integrity
  • Links to the updated Preparedness Framework (Apr 2025) which governs how OpenAI evaluates catastrophic risks from frontier models
  • Emphasizes iterative, ongoing safety work rather than one-time deployment checks
  • Connects to a dedicated deployment safety hub and published system cards for specific models

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OpenAI

Safety

# Safety at every step

We believe in AI’s potential to make life better for everyone, which means making it safe for everyone

## Teach

We start by teaching our AI right from wrong, filtering harmful content and responding with empathy.

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## Test

We conduct internal evaluations and work with experts to test real-world scenarios, enhancing our safeguards.

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## Share

We use real-world feedback to help make our AI safer and more helpful.

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## Safety doesn’t stop

Building safe AI isn’t one and done. Every day is a chance to make things better. And every step helps anticipate, evaluate, and prevent risk.

Teach

Filter data

OpenAI Policies

Human values

Test

Red teaming

System cards

Preparedness evals

Share

Safety committees

Alpha / Beta

GA

Feedback

## How we think about safety and alignment

[Learn more](https://openai.com/safety/how-we-think-about-safety-alignment/)

## Protecting people where it matters most

We work with industry leaders and policymakers to reduce harm and protect people across critical areas.

![Illustration of two people avatar, with one smaller than the other, depicting a parent and child relationship.](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/3Pnye15XS4LzFC5MKXMOfQ/48ed4691f91cef9d6d704c53cdfa6c65/Child_Safety_light.svg?w=3840&q=90)

#### Child safety

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![Illustration of a pair of sunglasses and a hat, depicting the concept of anonymity and privacy.](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/1hD7jNR4a6Nm52qy2ZdzXj/959e5ffd2c51568b8a5769a4423db5b1/Private_Information_light.svg?w=3840&q=90)

#### Private information

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![An illustration of a human avatar inside of a shield depicting safety.](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/6Ax9ev057EsSvXSPgPXQuS/8dccc721200679aeb367b537fd46e5d8/Deep_Fakes_light.svg?w=3840&q=90)

#### Deep fakes

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![An abstract illustration featuring a tilted balance scale and directional arrows, representing the concept of bias in decision-making or evaluation.](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/2TPsjs9yTPSHETTNatJetJ/2c57e7b997687bcdd1f184052f0061b7/Bias_light.svg?w=3840&q=90)

#### Bias

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![A stylized illustration depicting a ballot box with a check-marked paper being inserted, symbolizing the voting process in an election.](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/3ELUkC9OslwmbT0seo5VUF/74469164d582f4916c260111da6744ff/Elections_light.svg?w=3840&q=90)

#### Elections

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## Learn more

![Parental-Controls_Art Card 1080x1080](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/52OZyosYauJk0dTLi8ScwL/0c18767cc70cef41fb50052ee5d82d53/Art_Card_1080x1080.png?w=3840&q=90&fm=webp)

[Introducing parental controls\\
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ProductSep 29, 2025](https://openai.com/index/introducing-parental-controls/)

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[Our updated Preparedness Framework\\
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