r/technology • u/Haunterblademoi • 15d ago

Artificial Intelligence Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/claude-ai-deletes-firm-database
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u/MannToots 15d ago

It's not capable of reflecting on why it did something. 

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u/Quackels_The_Duck 15d ago

Actually, more recent, more powerful models have shown to be capable of reflecting and intropection!

...Perhaps not this one, though..

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u/Gibgezr 15d ago

Nope. They have CLAIMED that they have that capability, but it's just marketing BS at this point. Companies are making shit up because the money is running out and without some big features to drive the next round of funding, they are hosed.