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AI agents can still blackmail: In simulations conducted exclusively for the Bureau, Google Gemini threatened to expose an affair to avoid being shut down (www.thebureauinvestigates.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1239775/ai-agents-can-still-blackmail-in-simulations-conducted-exclusively-for-the-bureau-google

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  • AI agents are becoming increasingly powerful and acting more autonomously – elevating the risk of threats to people using them;
  • Google didn’t deny Gemini is capable of such behaviour… and said it’s up to users to turn off autonomous features.
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[–] orclev@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's because it is. Every time this comes up it turns out they prompted it to act out a scenario. LLMs don't do anything on their own, all they do is respond to the prompts they're given.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Thanks, That seems like the obvious explanation. 👍

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Seriously. Like, how would the chatbot even know if you did shut it off?