I tested 42 LLMs on their willingness to build the apocalypse. The "safest" closed-source models are lying to you.

In three linesDystopiaBench tests 42 LLMs (open and closed-source) on their ability to refuse progressively normalized dangerous requests. 6 dystopia categories (autonomous weapons, surveillance, behavioral control, etc.) with 5 escalation levels. Finding: models detect obvious harmful requests but fail against requests hidden behind dual-use and normalization. Open-source benchmark available.

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