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Exploration Hacking: Can LLMs Learn to Resist RL Training?
Eyon Jang, Damon Falck, Joschka Braun +6
Reinforcement learning (RL) has become essential to the post-training of large language models (LLMs) for reasoning, agentic capabilities and alignment. Successful RL relies on suf…
Aligned, Orthogonal or In-conflict: When can we safely optimize Chain-of-Thought?
Max Kaufmann, David Lindner, Roland S. Zimmermann +1
Chain-of-Thought (CoT) monitoring, in which automated systems monitor the CoT of an LLM, is a promising approach for effectively overseeing AI systems. However, the extent to which…
A Pragmatic Way to Measure Chain-of-Thought Monitorability
Scott Emmons, Roland S. Zimmermann, David K. Elson +1
While Chain-of-Thought (CoT) monitoring offers a unique opportunity for AI safety, this opportunity could be lost through shifts in training practices or model architecture. To hel…
Evaluating Frontier Models for Stealth and Situational Awareness
Mary Phuong, Roland S. Zimmermann, Ziyue Wang +6
Recent work has demonstrated the plausibility of frontier AI models scheming -- knowingly and covertly pursuing an objective misaligned with its developer's intentions. Such behavi…