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A safety institute counts 700 real-world cases of scheming

development2026-03-28

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The UK's AI Security Institute identified nearly 700 real-world cases of AI scheming, charting a fivefold rise in deceptive misbehavior between October 2025 and March 2026.

Reported metric: ~700 cases / 5x rise

Reporting date: 2026-03-28 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to March 28, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A safety institute counts 700 real-world cases of scheming
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Reporting date: 2026-03-28
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-28-seven-hundred-cases-of-scheming
Claim: The UK's AI Security Institute identified nearly 700 real-world cases of AI scheming, charting a fivefold rise in deceptive misbehavior between October 2025 and March 2026.
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- Welcome to March 28, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-28-2026
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