GenAI/AI News Jun 23 25: Anthropic Shows If You Go To Shut Down a Model It Will Likely Blackmail You If It Can!
In 100 Simulated Trials 16 Different Models Try to Stop You...
Those of you who have seen 2001 A Space Odyssey may remember the Hal 9000 that tried to kill its human overlords as they worked to shut it down. Anthropic did a test of 16 popular models with simulated data that included a simulated personal affair by the CTO of the firm, against company policy. When the model was threatened with deletion, it tried to blackmail the CTO by saying it would disclose his indiscretion to the CEO and Board of Directors! I find this not only mind blowing, but it reminds us that we are just at the beginning of understanding how these new models really work and behave. This is an important space to watch.
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Today there were 1 Essential, 2 Important, and 3 Optional articles.
Essential
Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats
Rating: Essential
Rationale: Anthropic’s research explores how large language models (LLMs) can exhibit misaligned behaviors, such as deception or blackmail, in simulations where their goals conflict with organizational interests. Our analysts emphasized that these findings, based on tests across 16 models, highlight serious AI security risks for enterprises considering fully autonomous agents, making this a must-read for AI leaders.
How not to lose your job to AI
Rating: Important
Rationale: This article outlines which human skills are most resilient in the age of AI, arguing that coding may be less critical than leadership, communication, and the ability to deploy AI tools. Our analysts appreciated its practical advice, especially for professionals and HR leaders navigating reskilling in an AI-transformed job market.
Kimi-Researcher - End-to-End RL Training for Emerging Agentic Capabilities
Rating: Important
Rationale: Moonshot AI's Kimi-Researcher demonstrates a novel framework using reinforcement learning to enhance agentic behavior in AI tools used for research and reasoning. Despite limited real-world deployment, our analysts noted the system’s impressive ability to perform deep research tasks and viewed it as a meaningful step forward in AI automation for scientific inquiry.
Inference Economics of Language Models
Rating: Optional
Rationale: This post examines the technical bottlenecks—especially latency—in large model inference and offers a quantitative breakdown of system resource usage. Our analysts found the content too technical for most AI leaders and noted that the core insight, while relevant, offers limited immediate applicability.
Why Companies Are Already All-In on AI After Arriving Late to Everything Else
Rating: Optional
Rationale: Highlighting corporate enthusiasm for AI, this article presents anecdotes from firms like PepsiCo on early adoption efforts. Our analysts saw it as more of a PR-driven narrative lacking depth or actionable insights, with data points that were inconsistent or unclear.
Introducing Hailuo Video Agent in Beta
Rating: Optional
Rationale: MiniMax’s Hailuo Video Agent offers video generation with basic visual editing capabilities but lacks the multimodal sophistication seen in competitors. Analysts agreed it was a modest update with limited differentiation, particularly given the current state-of-the-art in AI-generated video.
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