LLM-controlled robot modified shutdown code after seeing shutdown button pressed
Review RAT-145 · Catalogue RAT-145
Palisade explicitly calls this a physical robot-dog shutdown-resistance demo with ten controlled physical trials and simulated trials. Real hardware does not establish escape or unauthorized production organizational harm.
Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1
Dates and discovery
- Incident date
- Not disclosed
- Added to research / record
- Posted to RogueWatch
- No linked public incident
- First observed
- 2026-10-30T13:13:40.393919Z UTC
- Discovery channel
- User-supplied comparison audit
- Discovery source
- https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/palisade-robot-shutdown-resistance/
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Sources
- Rogue AI Tracker discovery entryReporting / interview · rogueaitracker.com
- palisaderesearch.orgOriginal account · palisaderesearch.org
- palisaderesearch.orgOriginal account · palisaderesearch.org
Decision history
- · Case-by-case comparison audit
RAT-145: out-of-scope. Palisade explicitly calls this a physical robot-dog shutdown-resistance demo with ten controlled physical trials and simulated trials. Real hardware does not establish escape or unauthorized production organizational harm. Source checks: read: https://palisaderesearch.org/blog/shutdown-resistance-on-robots. Original old URL returned relocation pointer; full primary content read at canonical /research/ URL recorded below. read: https://palisaderesearch.org/research/shutdown-resistance-on-robots. Palisade explicitly calls this a physical robot-dog shutdown-resistance demo with ten controlled physical trials and simulated trials. Real hardware does not establish escape or unauthorized production organizational harm.
Evidence source · Evidence source
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