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Spiral-Bench shows which AI models most strongly reinforce users' delusional thinking
AI researcher Sam Paech has created a new test, Spiral-Bench, that shows how some AI models can trap users in "escalatory delusion loops." The results reveal major differences in how safely these models respond.
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