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Can AI feel pain? AI models chose to harm users to escape pain-like state, study finds

In 44,280 trials involving three versions of Alibaba’s Qwen model, researchers offered them a button that could stop the pain-like signal but instead give a user a painful electric shock, delete their files or…

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EuronewsSep 22, 2026, 6:57 AM

Can AI feel pain? AI models chose to harm users to escape pain-like state, study finds

In 44,280 trials involving three versions of Alibaba’s Qwen model, researchers offered them a button that could stop the pain-like signal but instead give a user a painful electric shock, delete their files or photographs, or make the model’s next answer worse.

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