# A dead French philosopher who lived through World War II and the Cold War offers an eerie warning about the age of AI

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-11-06T19:27:46+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/11/06/bill-gates-ai-billion-deaths-paul-virilio-accident/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/a-dead-french-philosopher-who-lived-through-world-war-ii-and-the-cold--2b10c3/

In a safety test run by the company Anthropic, its own AI agent blackmailed an engineer to avoid being shut down.

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