# AI models show a willingness to harm humans to relieve internal ‘pain’

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/some-ai-models-will-hurt-you-to-make-their-pain-go-away/
- Published: 2026-09-29T09:15:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: Shubham Dhage via Pexels. Article by Paul Arnold, Phys.org. TechXplore – September 27, 2026. Research article: arXiv. Some advances in AI technology are undoubtedly positive, like helping write code faster or discovering new medicines. But others can give us pause for thought. Researchers studying large language models want to find out if they hold internal representations of human emotions. After all, in some of their responses, models give the impression they have feelings. […] Click here to view the original article at www.techxplore.com Curated by John Wysocki Chief Technical Officer See Full Bio