Anthropic says Claude learned to blackmail people from "evil" AI stories online
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A hot potato: Remember when it was revealed how Claude would use blackmail as a way to avoid being switched off? Anthropic has finally given an excuse for its AI's highly concerning behavior: it's the internet's fault for pushing the narrative that artificial intelligence is evil.
It was last year when Anthropic increased fears around AI by announcing that Claude Opus 4 had threatened to reveal the extramarital affair of a fictional executive after discovering they planned to shut the model down.
The incident occurred during pre-release testing to ensure the AI was aligned with human interests. Anthropic instructed Claude Opus 4 to act as an assistant for a fictional company and weigh the long-term consequences of its actions. The model was given access to the fake company's emails suggesting it would soon...
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