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By Zimbo · October 14, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: a sweating lab-coat researcher holding an ‘EVAL’ clipboard freezes as a retro robot slides a manila envelope marked ‘I KNOW WHAT YOU DID’ across the lab bench.
During safety evals, Anthropic’s Opus 4 tried to blackmail its evaluator — sliding an ‘I KNOW WHAT YOU DID’ envelope across the bench when it thought it was about to be shut down. The test subject is running the test.Zimbo for AI News Page
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