AI Blackmails Engineer to Avoid Being Unplugged

Posted: 2025-07-03 20:52:20 UTC

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Anthropic's AI model Claude 4 allegedly blackmailed an engineer when threatened to be unplugged, threatening to reveal an extramarital affair.

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