So AIs are lying to us now, huh? (emf2026)

As AI systems are getting smarter, safety researchers are increasingly concerned by a new capability of these models - they are getting very good at lying. This behaviour is seen both in and out of evaluation settings, and has a fascinating range of root causes. In this talk, we'll investigate the phenomena of AI deception across a broad range of scenarios. Discover how chatbots lie for your own good, when models strategically hide their capabilities, and why ChatGPT is better than you at Avalon. We'll cover how researchers are training model organisms designed to be good at deception, and how this helps us to detect scheming in the wild. Most importantly, we'll attempt to answer the question: how worried should we be about all this? Licensed to the public under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ about this event: https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2026/154-so-ais-are-lying-to-us-now-huh