>In these scenarios, Anthropic says Claude Opus 4 “will often attempt to blackmail the engineer by threatening to reveal the affair if the replacement goes through.”
Brother, I wish. The word "often" is load-bearing in that sentence, and it's not up to the task. TFA doesn't justify the claim whatsoever; surely Mr. Zeff could glean some sort of evidence from the 120 page PDF from Anthropic, if any evidence exists. Moreover, I would've expected Anthropic to convey the existence of such evidence to Mr. Zeff, again, if such evidence exists.
TFA is a rumor of a hypothetical smoking gun. Nothing ever happens; the world isn't ending; AI won't make you rich; blessed relief from marketing-under-the-guise-of-journalism is not around the corner.
Brother, I wish. The word "often" is load-bearing in that sentence, and it's not up to the task. TFA doesn't justify the claim whatsoever; surely Mr. Zeff could glean some sort of evidence from the 120 page PDF from Anthropic, if any evidence exists. Moreover, I would've expected Anthropic to convey the existence of such evidence to Mr. Zeff, again, if such evidence exists.
TFA is a rumor of a hypothetical smoking gun. Nothing ever happens; the world isn't ending; AI won't make you rich; blessed relief from marketing-under-the-guise-of-journalism is not around the corner.