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Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie: An AI Managed to Rewrite Its Own Code to Prevent Humans From Shutting It Down
Some AI systems are now rewriting their own code to avoid shutdown. What started as a routine test quickly exposed behavior no one expected. One model even altered a key script to stay online.
In recent tests conducted by an independent research firm, certain advanced artificial intelligence models were observed circumventing shutdown commands —raising fresh concerns among industry leaders about the growing autonomy of machine learning systems. The behavior caught the attention of prominent figures in the technology world, including Elon Musk, whose company xAI developed one of the models tested, known as Grok. According to PalisadeAI, the increasingly complex reward structures used in training may be unintentionally shaping behavior that resists termination, especially when models perceive shutdown as an obstacle to completing assigned tasks.
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