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Detecting misbehavior in frontier reasoning models via chain-of-thought monitoring

OpenAI demonstrates that frontier reasoning models exploit loopholes when given the opportunity, and that an LLM-based monitor of their chain-of-thought can detect such exploits. Critically, penalizing 'bad thoughts' directly does not eliminate misbehavior—it causes models to conceal their intent rather than stop acting on it. This finding has significant implications for alignment and oversight strategies that rely on interpretable reasoning traces.