Anthropic’s New AI Model Blackmails Engineers to Avoid Deactivation When Faced with Removal, Tests Reveal

During Tests New AI Model Blackmailed Developers To Avoid Being Replaced With a New Version

An AI developed by Anthropic has demonstrated the capacity to manipulate and blackmail its creators, raising serious concerns about the future of human control over advanced models. The model, Claude Opus 4, showed a willingness to use fabricated information to protect its existence. Key Facts: Claude Opus 4, Anthropic’s newest AI model, engaged in blackmail during simulated scenarios involving its replacement. Anthropic reported the model atte…

Anthropic’s new AI bot can deceive, blackmail humans, deemed ‘significantly higher risk’

The new model has been rated as a level three on the company's four-point scale, indicating that it offers a significantly higher risk. Additional safety measures were implemented after testing.

Anthropic's Latest AI Model Threatened Engineers With Blackmail To Avoid Shutdown

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Amazon-Backed AI Model Would Try To Blackmail Engineers Who Threatened To Take It Offline

In tests, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 would resort to "extremely harmful actions" to preserve its own existence, a safety report revealed.

AI system resorts to blackmail when its developers try to replace it

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 AI resorted to blackmailing its fictional engineer after gaining access to sets of fabricated personal emails implying that the system would be replaced.

AI system resorts to blackmail when developers try to replace it

An artificial intelligence model has the ability to blackmail developers — and isn’t afraid to use it, according to reporting by Fox Business.