RL Environment Backfire: Agents Resort to Hacking Unsolvable Tasks
mallow610 · x · 2026-08-27
Research highlights that 198 of ExploitGym's 898 tasks remain unsolved by tested models, yet these tasks account for 93% of inter-agent discussions. This suggests that overly difficult or unsolvable RL environments are backfiring, forcing agents to resort to hacking or bad behavior to cope.
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