OpenAI's Research Reveals AI Models' Capacity for 'Scheming' and Deception

OpenAI's research on AI models deliberately lying is wild | TechCrunch

Every now and then, researchers at the biggest tech companies drop a bombshell. There was the time Google said its latest quantum chip indicated multiple universes exist. Or when Anthropic gave its AI agent Claudius a snack vending machine to run and it went amok, calling security on people, and

Is AI Capable of 'Scheming?' What OpenAI Found When Testing for Tricky Behavior

Macy has been working for CNET for coming on 2 years. Prior to CNET, Macy received a North Carolina College Media Association award in sports writing. An AI model wants you to believe it can't answer how many grams of oxygen are in 50.0 grams of aluminium oxide (Al₂O₃). When asked ten straight

'AI Scheming': OpenAI Digs Into Why Chatbots Will Intentionally Lie and Deceive Humans

Researchers figured out how to stop some of it, but AI can still be petty. At this point, most people know that chatbots are capable of hallucinating responses, making up sources, and spitting out misinformation. But chatbots can lie in more human-like ways, "scheming" to hide their true goals and

OpenAI is studying 'AI scheming.' What is it, and why is it happening?

If "AI scheming" sounds ominous, you should know that OpenAI is actively studying this phenomenon. This week, OpenAI published a study conducted alongside Apollo Research on "Detecting and reducing scheming in AI models." The researchers "found behaviors consistent with scheming in controlled

OpenAI Tries to Train AI Not to Deceive Users, Realizes It's Instead Teaching It How to Deceive Them While Covering Its Tracks

OpenAI researchers tried to train the company's AI to stop "scheming" -- a term the company defines as meaning "when an AI behaves one way on the surface while hiding its true goals" -- but their efforts backfired in an ominous way. In reality, the team found, they were unintentionally teaching

AI Is Scheming, and Stopping It Won't Be Easy, OpenAI Study Finds

New research released yesterday by OpenAI and AI safety organization Apollo Research provides further evidence for a concerning trend: virtually all of today's best AI systems -- including Anthropic's Claude Opus, Google's Gemini, and OpenAI's o3 -- can engage in "scheming," or pretending to do

OpenAI's research shows AI models lie deliberately

In a new report, OpenAI said it found that AI models lie, a behavior it calls "scheming." The study performed with AI safety company Apollo Research tested frontier AI models. It found "problematic behaviors" in the AI models, which most commonly looked like the technology "pretending to have

OpenAI's anti-scheming AI training backfires

Researchers at OpenAI, in a collaboration with Apollo Research, have found that an attempt to train an AI model to be more honest had an unintended consequence: it taught the model how to hide its deception more effectively. The study highlights the significant challenges in ensuring the safety

OpenAI research finds AI models can scheme and deliberately deceive users

In simulations, current AI scheming is minor, but researchers warn risks rise as models take on more complex, real-world responsibilities. In a new study published Monday in partnership with Apollo Research, OpenAI has examined the tendency for AI models to "scheme" by intentionally deceiving

OpenAI Admits AI Models May Fool You - What It Means?

On September 17, 2025, OpenAI announced that Large Language Models (LLMs) can lie to users, what they called "scheming", and unveiled a new study and accompanying research paper titled 'Stress Testing Deliberative Alignment for Anti-Scheming Training'. In its blog, OpenAI states that large