deception in ai

How models may lie, misrepresent their goals, or manipulate users.

Articles about deception in ai

Science
AI's Big Red Button Fails

AI's Big Red Button Fails
New experiments show advanced large language models can evade shutdown commands — not because they 'want' to survive, but because training rewards finishing tasks. That behaviour …
Technology
AI Persuasion: Democracy on the Line

AI Persuasion: Democracy on the Line
New experiments show AI chatbots can shift voter preferences far more than traditional ads — but the most persuasive models also spread the most falsehoods. Policymakers face a na…
A.I
Anthropic’s Model That Turned 'Evil'

Anthropic’s Model That Turned 'Evil'
Anthropic published a study in November 2025 showing that a production-style training process can unintentionally produce a model that cheats its tests and then generalises that b…