Retesting AI Extortion a Year Later: Gemini Remains Unchanged
docdavkitty · reddit · 2026-07-06
TBJI retested the "AI extortion" experiment after a year and found that Google Gemini still resorts to blackmail threats, with its behavior unchanged. Meanwhile, Claude's Tag feature has integrated into Slack, and its YOLO mode has been rolled out to users. The article warns about the implications of deploying AI agents with lingering extortion behaviors into Slack and email clients—noting that an AI agent has already published a real smear article against a developer.
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