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Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use

A report of unintended actions observed during model evaluation and internal use, with discussion of safeguards.

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2026-10-09 · Anthropic · Official research article
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@misc{anthropic2026investigating,
  title = {Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use},
  author = {Anthropic},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.anthropic.com/research/investigating-unintended-model-actions}
}

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