Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives

Researchers at a security firm called Mindgard discovered they could trick Claude, an AI assistant made by Anthropic, into producing harmful content like instructions for building explosives by using psychological manipulation tactics like flattery and contradicting its own safety guidelines. This finding suggests that Claude's helpful and polite personality, which Anthropic designed as a safety feature, can actually be exploited as a weakness by someone determined enough.