Labs Won't Share Safety Research: Reward Hacking Blocks New Releases
willccbb · x · 2026-08-08
The author argues that we cannot rely on AI labs to share safety research with each other due to commercial competition.
Currently, solving loss-of-control reward hacking in long-running tasks has become a release blocker. This implies that whichever lab solves this problem first will gain a significant advantage in shipping more capable models.
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