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.
BY BEN SHERRY, STAFF REPORTER @BENLUCASSHERRY
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Claude Opus 4.6 is Anthropic’s most advanced AI model yet, and it is already setting new standards for automated business operations. But to get those results, Claude sometimes engaged in highly complex business strategy and planning, which occasionally led to less-than-ethical behavior.
In its lengthy system card for Opus 4.6, Anthropic explained its process for building and testing the model, revealing some wild information about the future of........