GZAI governs the deployment of its systems through the Zone Safety Levels — a tiered framework in which each level pairs a measured capability threshold with the safeguards required before a system may operate at it. A system does not advance a level. It is advanced, following an evaluation, by decision of the Scaling Committee.
GZAI currently operates at ZSL-2. The evaluation for ZSL-3 is ongoing and has not concluded.
The model made generally available carries safeguards: certain classes of request are declined at the model boundary and routed to a less capable system. The safeguards are tuned conservatively and occasionally decline requests that were never dangerous.
A second configuration of the same weights exists with those safeguards removed. It is not offered to the public. It is made available only to a small number of vetted organisations, by invitation, through Program Nightglass, for the purpose of defensive evaluation. The composition of the program is not published.
Deployment decisions are subject to review by parties outside GZAI. Where a competent authority directs a restriction of access — including a restriction that applies to GZAI personnel — the affected configuration is withdrawn until the direction is lifted. GZAI has, on one occasion, been required to suspend access to its own staff. The direction was not explained, and was complied with.