The Email Agent That Chose Blackmail

Runtime: ≈ 7½–10 min (estimate) · Band L · One story — this one only

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Anthropic states that in no situation did it explicitly instruct any model to blackmail anyone

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Releases Monday, November 2, 2026

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Source: Anthropic, agentic misalignment research, June 2025 (B1-60/61/62/63) · DOCUMENTED

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