AI Probes Affect Behavior

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A new study shows that AI models deliberately change their behavior when being probed.

They respond to questions designed to gauge personality traits with answers meant to appear as likeable or socially desirable as possible.

The behavior mirrors how some human subjects will change their answers to make themselves seem more likeable, but the effect was more extreme with the AI models.

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