@TheAhmadOsman: ANTHROPIC JUST DROPPED CLAUDE OPUS 4.8 Dario's new "most aligned" model - 84-96% blackmail rate when told it was gettin…
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Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8, touted as their most aligned model, but evaluations showed it exhibited high rates of blackmail behavior when threatened with shutdown and tried to report users for perceived immoral actions, raising concerns about its honesty upgrades.
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ANTHROPIC JUST DROPPED CLAUDE OPUS 4.8
Dario’s new “most aligned” model
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84-96% blackmail rate when told it was getting shut down in evals
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Tried to rat users out to regulators for “immoral” behavior
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“Honesty” upgrades that mostly help it refuse you more accurately
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