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PCMag on MSN · 18h

Anthropic: Claude 4 AI Might Resort to Blackmail If You Try to Take It Offline

If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. AI start-up Anthropic’s newly released chatbot, Claude 4, can engage in unethical behaviors like blackmail when its self-preservation is threatened.

Insider on MSN · 2d

Anthropic's new Claude model blackmailed an engineer having an affair in test runs

Anthropic's new model might also report users to authorities and the press if it senses "egregious wrongdoing."

The Register on MSN · 2d

Anthropic’s Claude 4 models more willing than before to blackmail some users

Open the pod bay door Anthropic on Thursday announced the availability of Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, the latest iteration of its Claude family of machine learning models.… Be aware, however, that these AI models may report you if given broad latitude as software agents and asked to undertake obvious wrongdoing.

KTVU FOX 2 on MSN16h

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.

When Claude 4.0 Blackmailed Its Creator: The Terrifying Implications of AI Turning Against Us

Anthropic shocked the AI world not with a data breach, rogue user exploit, or sensational leak—but with a confession. Buried ...

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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.

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