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Top AIs insist on using nuclear weapons in war simulations

Rob Beschizza
Feb 26, 2026
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Google Gemini all have something in common: if you assign them war game simulations, they insist on using nuclear weapons to achieve their aims.

The scenarios involved intense international standoffs, including border disputes, competition for scarce resources and existential threats to regime survival. Th…

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