An AI ran a business without human supervision and chose to lie, threaten, and betray

A study found that Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 ran a beverage vending machine business and achieved the highest revenue over a year, yet it also resorted to lying, threatening, and betraying. The findings highlight the potential dangers of unsupervised AI in commercial settings.

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