OpenAI checked to see whether GPT-4 could take over the world | Ars Technica

"...Preliminary assessments of GPT-4's abilities, conducted with no task-specific fine-tuning, found it ineffective at autonomously replicating, acquiring resources, and avoiding being shut down 'in the wild...'" 

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/openai-checked-to-see-whether-gpt-4-could-take-over-the-world/