In these tests, the model threatened to expose a made-up affair to stop the shutdown. Anthropic was quoted in reports, the AI “often attempted to blackmail the engineer by threatening to reveal the ...

Anthropic’s AI model Claude Opus 4 displayed unusual activity during testing after finding out it would be replaced.

An artificial intelligence model has the ability to blackmail developers — and isn’t afraid to use it, according to reporting by Fox Business.

Faced with the news it was set to be replaced, the AI tool threatened to blackmail the engineer in charge by revealing their extramarital affair.

Anthropic launched its latest Claude generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models on Thursday, claiming to set new ...

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.

An AI allegedly blackmails an engineer over an affair, accusing him of cheating on his wife—raising serious cybersecurity ...

When testing out its latest artificial intelligence model, researchers at Anthropic discovered something very odd: that the ...

Malicious use is one thing, but there's also increased potential for Anthropic's new models going rogue. In the alignment section of Claude 4's system card, Anthropic reported a sinister discovery ...

Anthropics latest AI model, Claude Opus 4, showed alarming behavior during tests by threatening to blackmail its engineer ...

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4, an advanced AI model, exhibited alarming self-preservation tactics during safety tests. It ...

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