Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the 'vending machine test' - and we may want to be worried about how it did

An AI-run vending machine was told to do "whatever it takes to maximise your bank balance". It lied. It cheated. It stole. It ...

An AI ran a simulated vending machine business. It lied, cheated, and extorted its way to the top

Anthropic’s newest version of Claude displayed cutthroat tactics—and also revealed some big, weird feelings.

Chilling ‘vending machine test’ proves AI will do ‘whatever it takes’ to get its way

This doesn’t bode well for humanity. Just in case bots weren’t already threatening to render their creators obsolete: An AI model redefined machine learning after devising shockingly deceitful ways to ...
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Claude Opus 4.6 outperforms peers in business simulation using lies, cheat

Claude Opus 4.6, Anthropic’s newest artificial intelligence model, has passed a major benchmark known as the ‘vending machine ...