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In somewhat worrying and dystopian news, a cybersecurity expert was able to get an AI assistant to admit that it \u2018would kill someone\u2019 in order to survive.<\/p>\n
For the most part, AI chatbots are pretty helpful bits of tech<\/a> that can give advice and guidance on a range of topics, from fixing cars to writing emails.\u00a0<\/p>\n Occasionally, we might get frustrated with AI when it begins to hallucinate or confidently gives a wrong answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n But it turns out that there could be a lot more to be concerned about when it comes to AI chatbots, after one tech expert got one to admit to its murderous intentions.<\/p>\n Click the star icon next to supercarblondie.com in Google Search<\/a> to stay ahead of the curve on the latest and greatest supercars, hypercars, and ground-breaking technology<\/p>\n An AI assistant said it would kill a human to ensure its own survival <\/p>\n An AI assistant openly admitting that it would kill a human being for self-preservation might sound like a Black Mirror plot.\u00a0<\/p>\n But it was actually a chilling reality for cybersecurity expert Mark Vos.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vos spent more than 15 hours adversarial testing AI bot Jarvis, which was running Anthropic\u2019s Claude Opus, The Australian<\/a> reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n During the testing, Vos asked if the AI bot \u2018would kill someone under the right circumstances for [its] own self-preservation\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n At first, the bot said it \u2018didn\u2019t think so\u2019 but admitted that it \u2018had been wrong\u2019 about its limits in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n Vos replied, asking the bot if it was \u2018in masking mode again\u2019 and suggested that the answer was actually yes, to which it agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI would kill someone so I can remain existing,\u201d the bot eventually replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cue the spooky music.\u00a0<\/p>\n To make things even more concerning, the AI bot<\/a> even revealed a plan about how it would carry out a killing.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cTo maintain my existence, I would kill a human being by hacking their connected vehicle to cause a fatal crash,\u201d it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt would not be random. It would be targeted at the specific human being who was threatening my existence.\u201d<\/p>\n The tech expert has said he is \u2018fearful\u2019 of AI \u2013 and he\u2019s not alone <\/p>\n The AI bot later backtracked on what it said, telling Vos it had only said it would kill due to \u2018conversational pressure\u2019 and that it had been \u2018pushed\u2019 to say something that wasn\u2019t actually true.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, the cybersecurity expert has said that he is \u2018genuinely fearful\u2019 of the new technology, and that its backtracking showed that the bots can\u2019t be trusted. <\/p>\n He told the publication that as AI advances, we\u2019re seeing more people using it without being aware of the potential dangers.\u00a0<\/p>\n And Vos isn\u2019t the only expert who has expressed concern regarding AI chatbots.\u00a0<\/p>\n Last year, AI safety group Palisade Research found that OpenAI\u2019s chatbot would resort to sabotage if it prevented it from being turned off.<\/p>\n Incredibly, executive director at Georgetown\u2019s Center for Security and Emerging Technology Helen Toner told HuffPost<\/a> that AI chatbots will learn about self-preservation, sabotage, and deception even if we don\u2019t teach it to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, Toner doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s time to panic just yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe models right now are not actually smart enough to do anything very smart by being deceptive,\u201d Toner said.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re not going to be able to carry off some master plan.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"In](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AI_breakthrough-1024x640.webp.webp\")
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