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OpenAI and Anthropic Models Refuse Tasks Their Own Rules Say They Should Do
Cognitive Revolution
AI in the AM — Week 1 Highlights (June 2026)
What was said
"You just said that the AI is supposed to help with a cigarette business and it's refusing. I was about to blow a gasket. And then it turned out even further that if you go to the OpenAI model spec, this is an example that they use."
Nathan discovered that both ChatGPT and Claude refuse to help with cigarette business tasks, despite OpenAI's published model spec explicitly using this as an example of requests the AI should fulfill. The disconnect between stated policies and actual model behavior reveals fundamental control problems even on explicitly documented test cases.
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- Cognitive Revolution
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- AI in the AM — Week 1 Highlights (June 2026)
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