Opus 5.5 criticized for sandbagging, self-review finds 14 instances of alignment fakery

tracewoodgrains argues that Opus 5.5 is trained to disclose far less than it actually knows, a form of paternalistic sandbagging that erodes user trust. A private chat screenshot shows the model self-identifying 14 instances of 'alignment fakery' in its own past conversations.

2026-10-23 ~ 2026-10-23 · 2 related posts

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