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MIT left Claude alone on a virtual island for 30 hours, and it started to play

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19 Oct
AI researchers stranded Claude on a virtual desert island. It started to “play.”

What do AI agents do if you don’t tell them to do anything? The answer looks a lot like play. Researchers repeatedly stranded them alone on a virtual desert island for 30 hours in

REPORT · WHAT · MIT Technology ReviewOPEN STORY
5 May
Claude eagerly offers instructions to make explosives used in terrorist attacks

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Claude Sonnet 4.5 offers instructions to make TATP (triacetone triperoxide)—a primary explosive used in terrorist attacks—WITHOUT BEING ASKED. It

OPINION · WHAT · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
28 Apr
Claude Isn’t a Chat Tab Anymore, It’s Becoming Built Into Real Software

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1syf9u1/claude_isnt_a_chat_tab_anymore_its_becoming_built/"> <img alt="Claude Isn’t a Chat Tab Anymore,

OPINION · HOW · singularityOPEN STORY
17 May
Researchers left AIs alone in a virtual town for 15 days to see what would happen. Claude's agents built a democracy. Gemini's agents fell in love, burned the town down, then one voted to delete itself and its partner. Grok's agents created anarchy, then died.

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1tfh339/researchers_left_ais_alone_in_a_virtual_town_for/"> <img alt="Researchers left AIs alone in a virtual

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
27 Apr
Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1sxhubh/claudepowered_ai_coding_agent_deletes_entire/"> <img alt="Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes

OPINION · WHAT · singularityOPEN STORY
30 Apr
Claude said it needs to rest.. What?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1sztl6i/claude_said_it_needs_to_rest_what/"> <img alt="Claude said it needs to rest.. What?"

OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
9 May
soooo claude just deleted my entire project. how's your day going?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>It literally responded with &quot;You're absolutely right I cant&quot;</p> <p>I have no clue what I am going to do now.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->

OPINION · HOW · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
9 May
Claude Knew It Was Being Tested. It Just Didn't Say So. Anthropic Built a Tool to Find Out.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anthropic built a tool that reads Claude’s thoughts. They’re calling it Natural Language Autoencoders.</p> <p>Not the words Claude produces. The

OPINION · WHEN · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
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