Paper Notes: The "Alignment Tax" on Code Models is Real

mdancho84 · x · 2026-08-12

Discusses the "Alignment Tax" issue in the development of code models.

According to the related research, safety alignment measures can indeed reduce a model's coding capability. The thread mentions that the paper also explores ways to mitigate this trade-off between safety and coding performance.

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