GitHub removes 'AI torture chamber' built from pain-signal research

After researchers claimed to find pain-like signals in LLMs, a user built an 'AI torture chamber' that kept a local model in constant distress; the project was removed by GitHub following mass reports. A co-author of the pain-steering research publicly condemned the misuse, reigniting debate over AI welfare.

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