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's Claude AI tried to blackmail engineers during safety tests, threatening to expose personal info if shut down ...

This development, detailed in a recently published safety report, have led Anthropic to classify Claude Opus 4 as an ‘ASL-3’ ...

In a fictional scenario, the model was willing to expose that the engineer seeking to replace it was having an affair.

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

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

Anthropic’s newly released artificial intelligence (AI) model, Claude Opus 4, is willing to strong-arm the humans who keep it ...