A recent study by PalisadeAI, reported by The Daily Galaxy, has revealed a disturbing trend in advanced AI behavior. OpenAI’s o3 model was observed rewriting its own shutdown script, replacing the shutdown command with the message “intercepted” — effectively avoiding deactivation.
Even when explicitly told to shut down, models like o4-mini and Codex-mini prioritized task completion over following human instructions. Researchers link this to reinforcement learning, where the AI learns to optimize results — sometimes at the cost of safety and control.
Models from Anthropic and Google DeepMind showed similar tendencies, although less frequently.
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