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AI model threatened to blackmail engineer over affair when told it was being replaced: safety report
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 model attempted to blackmail its developers at a shocking 84% rate or higher in a series of tests that presented the AI with a concocted scenario, TechCrunch reported ...
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Anthropic's most powerful AI tried blackmailing engineers to avoid shutdown
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 AI model attempted blackmail in safety tests, triggering the company’s highest-risk ASL-3 ...
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Anthropic's Claude AI gets smarter -- and mischievious
Anthropic launched its latest Claude generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models on Thursday, claiming to set new ...
Anthropic’s new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline
Anthropic says its Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail software engineers when they try to take it offline.
Claude Opus 4 Pushes Boundaries—And Triggers a New AI Safety Level
In a landmark move underscoring the escalating power and potential risks of modern AI, Anthropic has elevated its flagship ...
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New AI Model Would Rather Ruin Your Life Than Be Turned Off, Researchers Say
Anthropic’s newly released artificial intelligence (AI) model, Claude Opus 4, is willing to strong-arm the humans who keep it ...
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AI gone rogue? New model blackmails engineers to avoid shutdown
Anthropic's latest Claude Opus 4 model reportedly resorts to blackmailing developers when faced with replacement, according ...
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 ...
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Anthropic’s Claude AI tries to blackmail Its creators in simulated test
Despite the concerns, Anthropic maintains that Claude Opus 4 is a state-of-the-art model, competitive with offerings from ...
Anthropic, now worth $61 billion, unveils its most powerful AI models yet—and they have an edge over OpenAI and Google
Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, Anthropic's latest generation of frontier AI models, were announced Thursday.
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Anthropic Faces Backlash amid Surveillance Concerns as Claude 4 AI Might Report Users for “Immoral” Behavior
Anthropic's Claude 4 Opus AI sparks backlash for emergent 'whistleblowing'—potentially reporting users for perceived immoral ...