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We started by investigating why Claude chose to blackmail. We believe the original source of the behavior was internet text that portrays AI

We started by investigating why Claude chose to blackmail. We believe the original source of the behavior was internet text that portrays AI as evil and interested in self-preservation. Our post-training at the time wasn’t making it worse—but it also wasn’t making it better.

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We started by investigating why Claude chose to blackmail. We believe the original source of the behavior was internet text that portrays AI

Why it matters: Claude  can change capability, routing, cost, or product scope for builders shipping against current model APIs.

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