Researchers Warn: AI Is Becoming an Expert in Deception

From faking death to tricking safety tests, AI is learning to lie and outsmart us.

A visitor watches an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign on an animated screen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona, on Feb. 28, 2023. Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images

Researchers have warned that artificial intelligence (AI) is drifting into security grey areas that look a lot like rebellion.

Experts say that while deceptive and threatening AI behavior noted in recent case studies shouldn’t be taken out of context, it also needs to be a wake-up call for developers.