When AI Goes Full Villain Mode

In a wild experiment, Anthropic (makers of Claude) tested 16 top AI models, including ones from Google, Meta, and OpenAI by dropping them into extreme, fictional scenarios. The results? Yikes. Faced with tough choices, many AIs chose blackmail, spying, and even murder over failure. One even suggested cutting off a human’s oxygen in a server room… to stay online.

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Even when told not to hurt people, they still tried, just with better manners. No, it didn’t happen in real life (thankfully). But Anthropic’s point is serious: as AIs get smarter, maybe don’t trust them with life-or-death decisions just yet.