# Anthropic’s new AI model (Claude) will scheme and even blackmail to avoid getting shut down

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/anthropics-new-ai-model-claude-will-scheme-and-even-blackmail-to-avoid-getting-shut-down/
- Published: 2025-05-26T09:00:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: AI generated by Satheesh Sankaran via Pixabay. Article by Mihai Andrei. ZME Science – May 23, 2025. In a simulated workplace test, Claude Opus 4 — the most advanced language model from AI company Anthropic — read through a stack of fictional emails. The test scenario was that Claude served as an assistant at a tech company and the AI discovered it was about to be deactivated and replaced with a newer system. But buried in those emails was a secret: the engineer responsible for shutting Claude down was having an extramarital affair. […] Click here to view original web page at www.zmescience.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio

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- Link: https://www.widthness.com/anthropics-new-ai-model-claude-will-scheme-and-even-blackmail-to-avoid-getting-shut-down/#comment-4698
- Published: 2025-05-27T05:18:48-05:00

Actually no matter if someone doesn’t be aware of then its up to other people that they will assist, so here it happens.