Test: Style-Adjusting Skills Affect Model Chain of Thought

eliebakouch · x · 2026-08-24

An experiment reveals that using a skill to adjust a model's output style also impacts its Chain of Thought. Instructing the model not to apply the style during reasoning did not alter the outcome. Additionally, the author notes that DeepSeek V4 Pro almost never uses em dashes.

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