Mar 10, 2025

Moral Wiggle Room in AI

Yingjie Hu, Parinistha Surya, Stefan Trnjakov, Matthias Endres

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Does AI strategically avoid ethical information by exploiting moral wiggle room?

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title={

Moral Wiggle Room in AI

author={

Yingjie Hu, Parinistha Surya, Stefan Trnjakov, Matthias Endres

date={

3/10/25

organization={Apart Research},

note={Research submission to the research sprint hosted by Apart.},

howpublished={https://apartresearch.com}

}

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