Frontier Reasoning Traces Briefly Legible; Encrypted Reasoning Still Decryptable via the Model Itself
lbeurerkellner · x · 2026-08-14
The author notes that frontier model reasoning traces were briefly legible, and the open research community almost rejoiced. However, encrypted reasoning is only semi-hidden: any model queried must decrypt prior reasoning to continue, so plaintext is always reachable through the model itself.
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