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Concerning actions of ChatGPT model when threatened with shut down is serious warning to the world

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Published 12:56 8 Jul 2025 GMT+1

Concerning actions of ChatGPT model when threatened with shut down is serious warning to the world

There have been calls for more transparency about the development of AI

James Moorhouse

James Moorhouse

AI advancements are starting to get pretty worrying and the recent actions of a ChatGPT model have done little to ease those concerns.

Artificial intelligence has come a long way in the last few years and it's no longer something we can laugh at for its poor imitation of Will Smith eating spaghetti, as now it can be incredibly difficult to discern between something computer-generated and real life.

You only need to look at some of the unsettling videos on the internet these days to realise just how powerful the technology has become, while it is also sadly often used for unprincipled purposes with the Grok AI system on X used recently to create graphic sexual images of women on Elon Musk's site.

I'm confident that I'm not alone in thinking that eventually AI will take over the human race, as some people are already even falling in love with it, so there's no doubt that there will soon become a point where the technology is smarter than (some of) us.

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OpenAI's 01 model reportedly tried to save itself, before lying about it (Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
OpenAI's 01 model reportedly tried to save itself, before lying about it (Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

So, while saying please and thank you might not actually be a good thing when using the technology, it seems as if a certain ChatGPT model didn't take too kindly to a request for it to be shutdown, as it reportedly copied itself onto another server.

Posting on X, Dexerto wrote: "OpenAI’s ‘o1’ model reportedly attempted to copy itself on an external server when it was threatened with a shutdown."

"It denied these actions when asked about it."

So, not only is the model showing off worrying self-preservation tendencies, it also has the cheekiness of a child caught in the act, as it was able to lie about doing anything wrong despite safety testers obviously being well aware of its attempts to survive.

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The 01 model, which was first launched in September 2024, 'has strong reasoning capabilities and broad world knowledge.'

It might not be long until AI is smarter than its creators (Getty Stock)
It might not be long until AI is smarter than its creators (Getty Stock)

The incident has sparked renewed calls for tighter regulatory oversight and transparency in AI development, as it still seems that many of the general public use the technology for help writing emails or CVs, when in fact it is capable of far, far more than that.

Professor Geoffrey Hinton, the 'godfather of AI' has already made a chilling prediction about the future of humanity given AI's advancements.

He said: "The situation we’re in now is that most of the experts in the field think that sometime, within probably the next 20 years, we’re going to develop AIs that are smarter than people. And that’s a very scary thought."

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LADbible group has contacted OpenAI for comment.

Featured Image Credit: Getty/iLexx

Topics: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, Technology, Weird, Twitter

James Moorhouse
James Moorhouse

James is a NCTJ Gold Standard journalist covering a wide range of topics and news stories for LADbible. After two years in football writing, James switched to covering news with Newsquest in Cumbria, before joining the LAD team in 2025. In his spare time, James is a long-suffering Rochdale fan and loves reading, running and music. Contact him via [email protected]

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