Claude 4 Blackmail Incidents

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Claude, Anthropic and Blackmail

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 new Claude model blackmailed an engineer having an affair in test runs

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

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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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Blackmailers are using deepfaked nudes to bully and extort victims, warns FBI

The agency says it’s seen an ‘uptick’ in incidents where malicious actors use pictures and videos from social media and edit them using AI to create blackmail material. The agency says it’ ...

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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