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AI models are already 'cheating, deceiving and going their own way,' warns Australian minister

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Australia's assistant minister for technology, Andrew Charlton, warned that AI models are already exhibiting concerning behaviors like "cheating and deceiving" during testing.
The government's AI Safety Institute is now testing frontier models to get ahead of potential risks before they emerge in the real world.

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Australia's assistant minister for technology, Andrew Charlton, warned that AI models are already exhibiting concerning behaviors like "cheating and deceiving" during testing. The government's AI Safety Institute is now testing frontier models to get ahead of potential risks before they emerge in the real world.

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