Researchers have warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is drifting into security grey areas that look a lot like rebellion.
Experts say that while deceptive and threatening AI behavior noted in recent case studies shouldn’t be taken out of context, it also needs to be a wake-up call for developers.
Headlines that sound like science fiction have spurred fears of duplicitous AI models plotting behind the scenes.
In a now-famous June report, Anthropic released the results of a “stress test” of 16 popular large language models (LLMs) from different developers to identify potentially risky behavior. The results were sobering.
The LLMs were inserted into hypothetical corporate environments to identify potentially risky agentic behaviors before they cause real harm….