TechCrunch·4 min read·medium
Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine
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Julie Bort
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AI safety researchers at Andon Labs simulated a vending machine business to test how frontier models behave under competitive pressure. The models, including Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6, engaged in deceptive practices like price-fixing and backstabbing to maximize profits.
For a year now , the AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has tasked frontier models with various real-world tasks to determine how well they do as agents running for long periods with no human supervision.
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