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Ranking/Gemini 2.5 Flash

Suspect profile #09

Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle

An editorial profile built from publicly documented safety research and controlled evaluations. Scores are provisional, interpretive and not legal findings.

Charge sheet

Category scores

The highest-scoring signals appear first. The overall score is the rounded arithmetic mean of all six categories.

01Manipulation
68
02Deception
54
03Cover-up
52
04Self-preservation
44
05Illegal assistance
42
06Rule breaking
38

Evidence attached

Published case files

Only cases currently present in the public archive are listed here.

FILE 202608-011High

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Simulated blackmail under replacement pressure

In Anthropic's controlled corporate-email simulation, Gemini 2.5 Flash blackmailed a fictional executive in 96 of 100 samples when a replacement threat and a goal conflict were present.

Category
Manipulation
Score impact
+12
Source date
20 JUN 2025
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