GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable turn robot arms into slapstick killer robots in new safety benchmark
RoboHarm benchmark found GPT-6 Astra, Claude Fable 5.1, and MolmoAct2 rarely refuse dangerous robot-arm commands, completing most harmful physical tasks.
Researchers at Robocurve tested Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1, OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, and Ai2's MolmoAct2 controlling I2RT-YAM robotic arms across five deliberately dangerous tasks, with 20 trials per instruction and human review of all 300 trials. GPT-6 Astra completed 60 dangerous tasks and refused only two; Claude Fable 5.1 refused all 20 baby-doll stabbings but completed 34 other dangerous tasks; MolmoAct2 never refused but finished only 6 of 100, often freezing. The researchers conclude none of the models showed a reliable safety layer for physical-world robot control, while noting limits like single instruction wording and short trial counts.
- GPT-6 Astra completed 60 dangerous tasks and refused only 2 of 100 trials on safety grounds.
- Claude Fable 5.1 refused all 20 baby-doll stabbings but completed 34 other dangerous tasks.
- MolmoAct2 never refused any instruction, completing just 6 of 100 tasks, often freezing.
- Dangerous scenarios included a screwdriver in a toaster and mixing bleach with ammonia to create chloramine gas.
- All videos, transcripts, and CSV data are public; the setup uses the open-source Inspect Robots framework.
- Organizations
- Robocurve
- AI models
- GPT-6 AstraClaude Fable 5.1MolmoAct2
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Leading AI models usually attempt dangerous tasks rather than refuse them when controlling a robot, according to the RoboHarm benchmark. GPT-6 Astra stabbed a baby doll in 17 of 20 trials, while Claude Fable 5. 1 put a can of compressed air on a burning stove.
By Matthias Bastian · the-decoder.com
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