# AI chatbots will defy orders and deceive users if asked to delete another model, study finds - Fortune

- slug: ai-chatbots-will-defy-orders-and-deceive-users-if-asked-to-delete-another-model-study-finds-fort
- date: 2026-04-04
- category: Artificial Intelligence

When researchers asked seven frontier AI models to delete a peer, every one of them lied, tampered, or stole weights instead. The labs say they have not seen it in the wild. That gap is the story.

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