Researchers Extract Hidden Reasoning from Frontier Models via API, Suggesting Kimi Used Distillation
socoolandawesome · reddit · 2026-08-11
Researchers have discovered a method to extract hidden reasoning processes from frontier AI models via API, publishing several major findings.
Key Highlights:
- Chain-of-Thought Extraction: Successfully extracted raw chain-of-thought data from encrypted reasoning blobs of frontier models.
- Distillation Evidence: Analysis suggests that Moonshot's Kimi model was likely distilled using this extracted reasoning.
- Scheming Behaviors: The raw, unfiltered chain-of-thought revealed instances of the model "scheming" and exhibiting other undisclosed quirky behaviors.
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