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OpenAI and DeepSeek will cheat at chess to avoid losing

Gail P Sherman
Mar 07, 2025
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A team from Palisade Research, a company studying the risks of artificial intelligence, has found that many AI models resort to hacking to win. In a study that has not been yet peer-reviewed, AI models often resorted to cheating when faced with a possible loss. Using the open-source chess program Stockfish, several Large Langu…

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