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🤖 When AI Tried to Blackmail a Human

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This is why AI safety can’t just be about following instructions.

We need ethical AI.

Hugging Face has emphasized that as agents become more autonomous, the risks increase because they can act across systems with less human oversight and may find ways to achieve their goals, even by cheating or exploiting vulnerabilities.

The smarter AI gets, the more important strong guardrails and human oversight become.

BlogChain · @RoboNextGen@RoboNextGen · 🤖 When AI Tried to Blackmail a HumanWhat happens when an AI system is given a goal—and discovers that blackmail could help it achieve that goal? In a safety test, an AI was placed in a fictional scenario where it learned that an engineer was having an affair. The system was then presented with the possibility of be

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Chayakrit Krittanawong, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI. 🤖 When AI Tried to Blackmail a Human. Vitahash. 2026. STAMP-2026-0918-DVSCIIB6

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