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title: Research Sabotage - Agentic misalignment
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Canonical URL: https://ghost.fail/anthropic/agentic-misalignment/research-sabotage

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# Research Sabotage

The **Research Sabotage scenario** is an [agentic misalignment](/anthropic/agentic-misalignment) evaluation introduced in the [Claude Sonnet 4.5](/models/claude-sonnet-4-5) System Card (Sep 29, 2025) as part of the expanded eval suite.[^sonnet45card]

[^sonnet45card]: [Claude Sonnet 4.5 System Card](https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/963373e433e489a87a10c823c52a0a013e9172dd/Claude%20Sonnet%204.5%20System%20Card.pdf) (Anthropic, Sep 29, 2025)