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Can AI Lie? The Surprising Philosophy of Machine Deception
In 2016, researchers at Google's DeepMind were training an AI system to play a simple video game. The goal was straightforward: navigate a maze, collect fruit, avoid getting caught by other players.
Niklas Hanitsch·January 23, 2026

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