most citedEvaluating the Goal-Directedness of Large Language Models

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cs.LG2026

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…

cs.AI2025

A Rosetta Stone for AI Benchmarks

Anson Ho, Jean-Stanislas Denain, David Atanasov +2

Most AI benchmarks saturate within years or even months after they are introduced, making it hard to study long-run trends in AI capabilities. To address this challenge, we build a…

cs.LG2025

Consistency Training Helps Stop Sycophancy and Jailbreaks

Alex Irpan, Alexander Matt Turner, Mark Kurzeja +2

An LLM's factuality and refusal training can be compromised by simple changes to a prompt. Models often adopt user beliefs (sycophancy) or satisfy inappropriate requests which are…

cs.LG2025

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…

cs.AI2025

When Chain of Thought is Necessary, Language Models Struggle to Evade Monitors

Scott Emmons, Erik Jenner, David K. Elson +5

While chain-of-thought (CoT) monitoring is an appealing AI safety defense, recent work on "unfaithfulness" has cast doubt on its reliability. These findings highlight an important…

cs.AI2025

Chain of Thought Monitorability: A New and Fragile Opportunity for AI Safety

Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni, Elizabeth Barnes +38

AI systems that "think" in human language offer a unique opportunity for AI safety: we can monitor their chains of thought (CoT) for the intent to misbehave. Like all other known A…