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Three incidents in 141,006 runs: why sampling misses them

Anthropic found 3 incidents in 141,006 eval runs. A 5% sample expects 0.15 hits. The math shows why sampling concludes "all clear" when it shouldn't.

By Matt DoughtyPrefactor Blog
Three incidents in 141,006 runs: why sampling misses them

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Originally published by Prefactor Blog on Oct 3, 2026.

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