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Claude 4 AI will try to report you to authorities if it thinks you’re doing shady stuff
Anthropic's most powerful model yet, Claude 4, has unwanted side effects: The AI can report you to authorities and the press.
AI system resorts to blackmail when its developers try to replace it
Anthropic says its AI model Claude Opus 4 resorted to blackmail when it thought an engineer tasked with replacing it was having an extramarital affair.
AI Goes Rogue: Claude Model Caught Attempting Blackmail During Safety Tests
Anthropic's Claude AI tried to blackmail engineers during safety tests, threatening to expose personal info if shut down ...
Newly released AI resorted to 'extreme blackmail behavior' when threatened with replacement
The testing found the AI was capable of "extreme actions" if it thought its "self-preservation" was threatened.
AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed
In a fictional scenario, the model was willing to expose that the engineer seeking to replace it was having an affair.
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Claude Opus 4 blackmails developers in tests, shows propensity to be a whistleblower
This development, detailed in a recently published safety report, have led Anthropic to classify Claude Opus 4 as an ‘ASL-3’ ...
A safety institute advised against releasing an early version of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 AI model
A third-party research institute Anthropic partnered with to test Claude Opus 4 recommended against deploying an early ...
People are tricking AI chatbots into helping commit crimes
These safeguards are supposed to prevent the bots from sharing illegal, unethical, or downright dangerous information. But ...