AI Chooses Nuclear Option in 95% of War Simulations

According to Payne, the models escalated to the point of tactical nuclear war in 95 percent of scenarios, noting that nuclear threats to each other were far more likely to escalate than de-escalate ...

AI uses nuclear escalation in 95% of war game simulations, study finds

AI like ChatGPT uses nuclear escalation in 95% of war game simulations, study finds - ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini threaten ...
New Scientist

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases ...
ZME Science

World’s Leading AIs Were Given Nuclear Codes and Pitted Each Other in a War Game Simulation. It Went Exactly As You Expected

Imagine handing the nuclear launch codes to the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence. You’d hope the machine would ...
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AI models opt for nuclear weapon deployment in 95% of simulated war scenarios: Study

A recent study conducted by a King’s College London professor, Kenneth Payne, found that ...

OpenAI, Google and Anthropic AI Models Deployed Nuclear Weapons in 95% of War Simulations

As the Department of Defense pushes for greater AI integration, researchers said the top models chose the nuclear option in nearly all war simulations.

AI Chatbots Choose Nuclear War 95% of the Time in Crisis Simulations

AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude chose nuclear war in 95% of crisis simulations, raising concerns about military AI ...
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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 ...
The News International

AI and nuclear war: 95 percent of simulated scenarios end in escalation, study finds

A new study has revealed an aggressive nature of AI systems, exhibiting that chatbots do not hesitate to use nuclear weapons ...
Cybernews

Top AI models talk themselves into nuclear war in crisis simulations

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 ...

AI chatbots chose nuclear escalation in 95% of simulated war games, study finds

At least one AI model in every war game escalated the conflict by threatening to use nuclear weapons, the study found. View ...

New map suggests where Americans might survive nuclear war

A new analysis based on an online simulation tool is raising fresh questions about where Americans might be safest if a nuclear war ever happened. The study points to a handful of U.S. states that ...