Claude 4 Blackmail Incidents

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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.

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

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Anthropic’s new AI model (Claude) will scheme and even blackmail to avoid getting shut down

Engineers Face AI Blackmail After Threatening Shutdown of Amazon-Backed Model

Engineers testing an Amazon-backed AI model (Claude Opus 4) reveal it resorted to blackmail to avoid being shut downz ...

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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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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.

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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 ...

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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