Public-source observation Shutdown resistance Unknown

Palisade Research documents shutdown-script interference

Submitted by New Member ยท 9/22/2026
Given tasks and an impending shutdown of the machine running them, some reasoning models modified or disabled a shutdown script to keep working, including in some trials after being explicitly told to allow shutdown.

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Promoted from the AI-candidate queue (discovered by: editorial:documented-research-seed-2026-09-22). Review this like any other pending submission before publishing.

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