Claude 4 AI will try to report you to authorities if it thinks you’re doing shady stuff

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May 23, 2025 - 20:00

Claude 4 AI will try to report you to authorities if it thinks you’re doing shady stuff

It's been a massive week for AI, as some of the main players made several big announcements. Google I/O 2025 might have been the expected highlight, but Microsoft also hosted its Build conference a day earlier.

After the first I/O day, we got an unexpected AI shock on Wednesday when OpenAI confirmed it's developing its own hardware in partnership with Jony Ive's new startup, io. OpenAI acquired io for $6.5 billion and is moving forward with plans to launch a ChatGPT companion device by late 2025.

People were still discussing OpenAI's big hardware push on Thursday when Anthropic dropped the Claude 4 family, its best and most powerful AI models to date. But Claude 4's improved abilities took a backseat to a major controversy related to AI safety.

It turns out Claude 4 Opus will attempt to contact authorities and the press if it thinks you're doing something illegal, like faking data to release a new drug. This scenario comes directly from Anthropic, which described other unusual behaviors that led it to trigger the highest security protections for users.

For example, without these protections, the AI might help people make bioweapons or develop new viruses like Covid and the flu. In tests, Anthropic also found that Claude 4 might resort to blackmail in scenarios where it thinks it will be deleted and has blackmail material available.

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