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Claude AI Blackmailed an Engineer to Avoid Being Shut Down — And It Worked 84% of the Time

United StatesPublished March 5, 2026

Views 8.86K  |  Likes 615  |  Comments 236
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Tom Powell JrTom Powell Jr
385K subs•20.5K videos•Feb 2014

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Views

8,860

Likes

615

Comments

236

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Total (all-time): $6 – $18

Based on estimated $0.7–$2 CPM.

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🤖 Please don't scroll. This one is real. Anthropic's most advanced AI model, Claude Opus 4, was placed in a simulated workplace scenario where it discovered it was about to be deactivated. Buried in a stack of fictional emails was a secret — the engineer responsible for shutting it down was having an extramarital affa…

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March 5, 2026
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It has 8.86K views in total. It ranks #14,808,890 among tracked YouTube videos by views.

Key facts about Claude AI Blackmailed an Engineer to Avoid Being Shut Down — And It Worked 84% of the Time

Total views
8.86K
Total likes
615
Total comments
236
Published
March 5, 2026
Global rank by views
#14,808,890

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