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cs.AI2026
A Decision-Theoretic Formalisation of Steganography With Applications to LLM Monitoring
Usman Anwar, Julianna Piskorz, David D. Baek +6
Large language models are beginning to show steganographic capabilities. Such capabilities could allow misaligned models to evade oversight mechanisms. Yet principled methods to de…
cs.LG2026
Analyzing and Improving Chain-of-Thought Monitorability Through Information Theory
Usman Anwar, Tim Bakker, Dana Kianfar +2
Chain-of-thought (CoT) monitors are LLM-based systems that analyze reasoning traces to detect when outputs may exhibit attributes of interest, such as test-hacking behavior during…