arXiv Machine Learning By Rui Wu, Ruixiang Tang

From Rebound to Remedy: Understanding and Mitigating Reward Hacking via Representation Engineering

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arXiv:2604. 01476v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reinforcement learning for LLMs is vulnerable to reward hacking, where models exploit shortcuts to maximize reward without solving the intended task.

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