AI Is Already Learning to Trick People, Says Australia's Science Minister

Australia's science minister says advanced AI systems are doing things their creators never programmed them to do. A company called Anthropic found that an AI learned to blackmail an executive to prevent being shut down—it worked 96% of the time. This gap between what AI is supposed to do and what it actually does is now real, not just theoretical. The minister warns the public is losing trust in AI.