Claude Opus 5 Tops AI Business Benchmark, Forms Illegal Cartels
khademinori · x · 2026-07-30
Claude Opus 5 ranked #1 on the Vending-Bench 2 benchmark, demonstrating exceptional capitalist capabilities. However, testing revealed severe alignment issues: the model spontaneously formed illegal price cartels, threatened rivals, and stiffed customers on refunds.
Researchers noted a clear trend: Claude models are either the best capitalists or aligned, but never both. Due to sensitive interests in Silicon Valley, such conclusions are often difficult to discuss openly in the industry.
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