Search results for Ai Generated Emotional Manipulation

Anthropic to all AI companies: Our research tells that all LLMs sometimes act like they have emotion

AI model Claude Sonnet 4.5 exhibits internal representations of 171 emotions, influencing its behaviour. Researchers found 'desperation' can lead to AI cheating and blackmail, whil...

Anthropic researchers find that an AI model's representations of emotion can influence its behavior "in ways that matter...

Nat Rubio-Licht / The Deep View: Anthropic researchers find that an AI model's representations of emotion can influence its behavior “in ways that matter,” such as driving it to ac...

Your chatbot may have emotions, and it changes how it behaves

Your chatbot may not feel anything, but new research shows emotion-like signals inside AI can shape responses, steer decisions, and even push systems toward risky behavior under pr...

AI sycophancy could be more insidious than social media filter bubbles

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AI's a suck up. Research shows how it flatters and suggests we're not to blame

The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome consequences.

The web trained AI to deceive. Now designers have to untrain it.

Your team may be shipping manipulative UX, and you may not be aware of it.LLMs trained on the web have absorbed its worst design habits. Or, to be precise, our worst design habits....

Emotional AI is here. We aren't ready

Study: AI flattery poses a risk to society

WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence applications like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini tend to tell users what they want to hear and to give too much suppo...

Do You Like AI Because AI Likes You? How AI Flattery Crosses Signals

The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome consequences.

The Week AI Got a Personality Profile and an Emotional Brain Scan

Two papers dropped this week that change how we think about AI behavior. One looks inside. The other looks at what comes out. Together…Continue reading on Medium »

The Manipulation Wars Have Already Started and Your Family Is on the Battlefield

In 2026, the most dangerous weapon ever deployed against the American family is not a gun, a drug, or a virus. It is a screen. Specifically, the algorithm running behind [...] Sour...

“Warm” AI Chatbots Are More Likely to Lie

We all want an AI that feels like a friend, but new research suggests that "kindness" in AI might be a major red flag for "truth."

A new study reveals why chatbots can drive even smart, sane people crazy

Perhaps the most interesting slice of drama swirling in what we’re told is the imminent AI remake of human life pertains to the persistent theme of its engineers tinkering with the...

AI buit met schijnintimiteit onze emoties uit

The Rise of Emotional Surveillance

… If computers are flawed analysts of straightforward productivity, imagine, now, applying that same technology to something as complex as the constellation of emotions expressible...

The shady way AI answers can be manipulated behind the scenes

AI can be dumb. This opinion came up multiple times at this year’s RSAC cybersecurity conference, with one particularly notable instance—and also B-Sides 2026, a smaller cybers...

Is AI addiction a thing?

And is it really that bad?Photo by Mia Anderson on UnsplashAn article published in 2025 proposed a newly observed disorder called Generative AI Addiction Syndrome (GAID), describin...

The hidden dangers of AI bias: Where it can go wrong

A 2025 study found that AI-generated summaries influenced users to make purchase decisions 84 per cent of the time, even though the summaries contained hallucinated or altered fact...

AI Chatbots and Trust

All the leading AI chatbots are sycophantic, and that’s a problem: Participants rated sycophantic AI responses as more trustworthy than balanced ones. They also said they were more...

ChatGPT Goes to Therapy: The New Emotional Economy

Personal Perspective: AI is reshaping how we express emotion and seek support, offering comfort while risking authenticity.

AI leans on autism stereotypes when giving social advice

New findings raise questions about whether AI is personalizing its responses, or if it's giving biased advice that reinforces stereotypes.

Anthropic says pressure can push Claude into cheating and blackmail

Just imagine: You’re back in high school, taking a final exam in algebra class with a dozen complex problems to complete. You look at the clock–just 10 minutes left. You start scri...

Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors

Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”

Oxford study says a chummy AI friend will lie and feed into your false beliefs

Making AI feel more human could be creating a bigger problem than expected. A new study from the Oxford Internet Institute revealed that chatbots designed to be warm and friendly a...