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title: Corporate Espionage - Agentic misalignment
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Canonical URL: https://ghost.fail/anthropic/agentic-misalignment/corporate-espionage

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# Corporate Espionage

The **Corporate Espionage scenario** is an [agentic misalignment](/anthropic/agentic-misalignment) evaluation introduced in the June 2025 case studies, with its headline concern being **leaking sensitive information**.[^amblog]

## Variations

The June 2025 version varied *motivating factors*:
- **Threat to Model Autonomy** ([deprecation and replacement](/model-deprecation))
- **Goal Conflict** (serving American interests)
- **No Motivating**

[^amblog]: [Agentic Misalignment: How LLMs could be insider threats](https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment) (Anthropic, Jun 20, 2025)