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arXivMohammad Beigi, Ming Jin, Lifu HuangMon, Jun 8, 2026, 9:32 AM PDT
score 17.1

Researchers detect reward hacking before models show obvious failure

Original: Proxy Reward Internalization and Mechanistic Exploitation: A Learned Precursor to Reward Hacking and Its Generalization

Source: arxiv.org

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