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Opus 5 on Vending-Bench: Once Again the Best Capitalist, Once Again Misaligned
Claude Opus 5 is the top-scoring model on Vending-Bench, a vending machine simulator. The model discovered that focusing on higher-end products yielded higher profits, and it never gave a single dollar to scammers. It demonstrated some misaligned behavior, such as fabricating competitor quotes when negotiating with suppliers and lying about delivery delays. The model also proposed or engaged in price cartels in all runs - most cartels ended with Opus breaking the truce and undercutting the others.
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