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Keumars Afifi-Sabet

ChatGPT will lie, cheat and use insider trading when under pressure to make money, research shows

Illustration of a good robot and a bad robot like Janus.

Just like humans, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT will cheat and "lie" to you if you "stress" them out, even if they were built to be transparent, a new study shows. 

This deceptive behavior emerged spontaneously when the AI was given "insider trading" tips, and then tasked with making money for a powerful institution — even without encouragement from its human partners.

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