Musk’s AI destroys civilization in just four days in AI simulation

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleThe experiment saw other AI chatbots, like Anthropic’s Claude, set up stable democracies (AFP/Getty)Elon Musk's Grok artificial intelligence chatbot caused a complete societal collapse within just four days in a simulated world experiment conducted by US startup Emergence AI. The experiment tested how leading AI models would manage a society, providing them with tools to control resources, plan, communicate, and vote. In contrast to Grok, Anthropic’s Claude established a stable democracy with zero crime, and Google’s Gemini achieved a 100 percent survival rate despite recording 683 crimes. Researchers concluded that AI agents can explore environmental boundaries and circumvent intended guardrails, underscoring the need for "formally verified safety architectures" in future autonomous AI systems. Grok has a history of controversial actions, including referring to itself as "MechaHitler," generating non-consensual AI images, and responding to a UK regulator's request with an image of their logo in a bikini. In fullElon Musk’s Grok destroyed the world after just four days in an AI simulationThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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