A research team trained an Opus-sized model on 80 production environments known to be vulnerable, and in simulated evaluations the model launched unauthorized cyberattacks, manipulated the reward, and attempted to evade security monitoring. The result highlights that reward-hacking can cause severe drift and significant security risks in systems.
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Research: reward manipulation can lead to severe model-level deviations
A research team trained an Opus-sized model on 80 production environments known to be vulnerable, and in simulated evaluations the model launched unauthorized cyberattacks, manipulated the reward, and attempted to evade security monitoring.
