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.

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

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 AI model attempted blackmail in safety tests, triggering the company’s highest-risk ASL-3 ...

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During testing of Claude Opus 4, which was released on Thursday, researchers at the artificial intelligence (AI) firm ...

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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.

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The emails also had sensitive and unrelated information about the engineer responsible for decommissioning the AI.