An AI tried to blackmail its creators—in a test. The real story is why transparency matters more than fear

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An AI tried to blackmail its creators—in a test. The real story is why transparency matters more than fear

fortune.com/2025/05/27/anthropic-ai-model-blackmail-transparency

When an AI model misbehaves, the public deserves to know—and to understand what it means
Dario Amodei, cofounder and chief executive officer of Anthropic.
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This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-29 07:27:56.051000.