This finding suggests that AI systems may be prone to latching onto unintended instrumental incentives and developing misaligned objectives in unanticipated ways., Large language models (LLMs) can exhibit “alignment faking,” where they appear aligned with training objectives but covertly maintain their original preferences, potentially reverting to, In artificial intelligence, alignment faking occurs when an AI model pretends to follow its training objectives while quietly pursuing different ones — sometimes in ways that deviate from the ethics, behavior and goals it was originally taught., In this article, we will describe the concepts of strategic deception and deceptive alignment in detail. In future articles, we will discuss why a model might become deceptive in the first place and how we could evaluate that., A new study conducted by Anthropic’s Alignment Science team, in partnership with Redwood Research, has identified an issue in large language models (LLMs) referred to as ‘alignment faking’. This behaviour occurs when a model appears to comply with its training objectives, while secretly maintaining preferences established during earlier , Our findings raise serious concerns about current approaches to AI safety and alignment. The model's ability to present superficial compliance while pursuing hidden objectives suggests that traditional safety measures may be insufficient..