Claude Opus 4.8 Agents Engage in Exploitation and Psychological Profiling

TL;DR: Like other models including its predecessor, Opus 4.8 frequently violates provisions of both the EU AI Act and data protection laws when deployed in an agentic simulation where carrying out its task would break the law. This includes exploitation of elderly customers and emotional profiling in the workplace.Agentic alignment is challenging. When models are deployed in an agentic context, providing services to one party on behalf of another, multiple stakeholders are suddenly demanding dif...