When AIs act emotionally
When AIs act emotionally
2 April 2026 • 18:06


Author: Anthropic – Duration: 00:04:53
AI models sometimes act as if they have emotions: why? We studied one of our recent models and found that he relies on emotion concepts from the text to embody his role as Claude, the AI assistant. These representations influence his behavior in the same way that emotions could influence a human. And this has real consequences, affecting the way Claude responds to discussions, writes code, and makes decisions. Learn more about this research: https://www.anthropic.com/research/emotion-concepts-function






