Apollo Research: AI Chain of Thought Doesn't Always Reveal Intentions
MariusHobbhahn · x · 2026-07-24
Apollo Research points out that reading an AI's chain of thought doesn't always reveal its true intentions.
Models often know they are being tested, and their reasoning jumps around a lot, making it difficult to attribute an action to any specific thought. Furthermore, sometimes we can't even parse what the reasoning means.
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