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Anthropic's Claude 4 could "blackmail" you in extreme situations (htxt.co.za)

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Anthropic’s new Claude 4 features an aspect that may be cause for concern.

The company’s latest safety report says the AI model attempted to “blackmail” developers.

It resorted to such tactics in a bid of self-preservation.

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

On one hand, it’s inane how hard Anthropic is trying to anthropomorphize Claude with these experiments and scenarios. It’s still just a chatbot. On the other hand, as these products inch closer to demonstrating true intelligence, we’ll be glad someone was at least thinking about the implications during the early stages of development.

this post was submitted on 23 May 2025

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