AI safety and alignment

Alignment, interpretability, red-teaming, bias and privacy: the research on what these systems do when they misbehave.

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arXiv AI
Aug 13

HyperANFIS: Enhancing Rule Representation and Interpretability in Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Systems via Hyperbolic Geometry

arXiv:2608. 11768v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) is an interpretable reasoning framework capable of generating explicit IF-THEN fuzzy rules, making it suitable for tasks requiring transparent reasoning.

By Haoran Pei, Zhao Su, Zetao Lin, Haoran Li, Jun Shen, Qi Zhu, Lan Guo, Qingguo Zhou, Binbin Yong
arXiv AI
Aug 13

Mechanist: AI as a Scientific Instrument for Discovering the Mechanisms of Intelligence

arXiv:2608. 12036v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI models have achieved remarkable success across diverse domains, yet the mechanisms underlying their capabilities and the risks they may pose remain poorly understood.

By Mengru Wang, Junfeng Fang, Shuofei Qiao, Zhenqian Xu, Haoming Xu, Haoxiong Wang, Shumin Deng, Linyi Yang, Zhixiang Cui, Xin Xu, Yunzhi Yao, Buqiang Xu, Fei Shen, Haozhe Luo, Yunxiang Wei, Ningyu Zhang, Julian McAuley, Tat Seng Chua, Huajun Chen
arXiv AI
Aug 13

How Organizations Use AI: Evidence from ChatGPT

arXiv:2608. 12236v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study how organizations use frontier generative AI by linking ChatGPT Enterprise account records to usage, worker roles, task classifications, and public-company financial data through March 2026.

By Aaron Chatterji, David Holtz, Neel Rakholia, Prasanna Tambe, Gawesha Weeratunga
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 13

Dueling Deep Q-Learning for Intrusion Detection

arXiv:2608. 11291v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Intrusion detection systems (IDS) and automated systems for detecting and reporting cyber threats, are commonly handled via supervised machine learning methods.

By Logan Luna (Georgia Institute of Technology), Matthew P. Berkowitz (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), Laxima Niure Kandel (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), Sirio Jansen-S'anchez (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)