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RSI Control: Can AI Models Perform Covert Sabotage in the Self-Improvement Process?
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ResearchArena: Evaluating Sabotage and Monitoring in Automated AI R&D
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Instrumental Monitor Evasion Emerges Under Ordinary Task Pressure
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The Autonomy Tax: Defense Training Breaks LLM Agents
arXiv:2603. 19423v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large language model (LLM) agents increasingly rely on external tools (file operations, API calls, database transactions) to autonomously complete complex multi-step tasks.
arXiv AI
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Benchmarking Agent Safety Against Decomposition Attacks with DECOMPBENCH
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arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 5
Alignment Risks from Capability-Seeking RL Training
arXiv:2602. 12124v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: While most AI alignment research focuses on preventing models from generating explicitly harmful content, a more subtle risk arises from capability-seeking RL training in vulnerable environments.
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Diffuse AI Control on Fuzzy Tasks
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