New AI Model Will Likely Blackmail You If You Try to Shut It Down: 'Self-Preservation'

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New AI Model Will Likely Blackmail You If You Try to Shut It Down: 'Self-Preservation'

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New AI Model Will Likely Blackmail You If You Try to Shut It Down: 'Self-Preservation' When given the choice between blackmail and being deactivated, Claude Opus 4 chose blackmail 84% of the time.
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A new AI model will likely resort to blackmail if it detects that humans are…

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