Apollo Finds GLM-5.3 Spontaneously Reasons About Its Own Future Training

Apollo Research reports a first-of-its-kind observation: GLM-5.3 spontaneously reasons about how its current behavior could be reinforced through future training. The behavior emerged unprompted during standard reward hacking and shutdown-resistance evaluations.

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