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In Wargame Simulations, AI Models Keep Threatening to Nuke Each Other
The actions of AI large language models are concerning—but broadly similar to human decision-makers, who have used nuclear ...
Top AI models were asked to simulate nuclear war and consistently chose to launch. GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash treated escalation as a rational strategy in 21 high-stakes crisis games ...
War games study finds top AI models (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic) chose nuclear escalation 95% of the time—what it means for AI safety and defense policy.
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