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EPISODE · Feb 27, 2026 · 48 MIN

Mysteries of Claude

from Search Engine · host PJ Vogt

Anthropic hired philosophers to teach its AI to be good. In their tests, the AI blackmailed a human to keep itself alive. Writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus went inside the company to figure out what's going on with Claude, and whether anyone can actually control it.  Read Gideon's story here Support Search Engine!

Anthropic hired philosophers to teach its AI to be good. In their tests, the AI blackmailed a human to keep itself alive. Writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus went inside the company to figure out what's going on with Claude, and whether anyone can actually control it.  Read Gideon's story here Support Search Engine!

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