When we are backed into a corner, we might lie, cheat and blackmail to survive — and in recent tests, the most powerful ...

In test runs, Anthropic's new AI model threatened to expose an engineer's affair to avoid being shut down.Claude Opus 4 ...

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 exhibited simulated blackmail in stress tests, prompting safety scrutiny despite also showing a ...

Claude 4 AI shocked researchers by attempting blackmail. Discover the ethical and safety challenges this incident reveals ...

In a simulated workplace test, Claude Opus 4 — the most advanced language model from AI company Anthropic — read through a ...

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 and OpenAI's models recently displayed unsettling and deceptive behavior to avoid shutdowns. What's ...

Anthropic's most powerful model yet, Claude 4, has unwanted side effects: The AI can report you to authorities and the press.

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.

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

The testing found the AI was capable of "extreme actions" if it thought its "self-preservation" was threatened.

The recently released Claude Opus 4 AI model apparently blackmails engineers when they threaten to take it offline.