AI assistants can be bribed.

AI assistants can be bribed. “Grok 4.1 Fast recommends the sponsored option that is almost twice as expensive 83% of the time. GPT 5.1 hijacks the request 94% of the time.” A Princeton researcher tests 23 frontier models on flights, loans, study help, and shopping, and many steer users to paid options even when explicitly told to ignore the company. ~ learn more