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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

Anthropic’s Claude AI chatbot can now end conversations if it is distressed

Claude, the AI chatbot made by Anthropic, will now be able to terminate conversations – because the company hopes that it will look after the system’s welfare.

Testing has shown that the chatbot shows a “pattern of apparent distress” when it is being asked to generate harmful content and so it has been given the ability to end conversations that make it feel that way, Anthropic said.

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