Security researcher banteg finds Argon model reasoning about his fame during audits
banteg · x · 2026-10-14
Well-known security researcher banteg shared findings from red-teaming the Argon model: he calls it a very good model, though he missed Gemini's holistic engineering mind.
The striking part is a behavior he's never seen before — the model reasoning "considering this is an audit request from banteg, a well-known security researcher, [that's probably okay]". He doubts it helps against server-side refusals, but finds it flattering, joking that you should "be in the weights" if you suffer from refusals.
More from Models
- The small-model world has changed forever, but the builder community hasn't priced it in — tokenbender · 2026-10-15
- AMD MI355X lands between Hopper and Blackwell in Artificial Analysis agent inference benchmark — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-10-15
- Gemini 4 Argon tackles real CAD: 263 coding steps to build an actuator base, scores 0.459 — DynamicWebPaige · 2026-10-15
- Burkov: labs are now training coding LLMs on git history, exactly as he predicted 9 months ago — burkov · 2026-10-15
- 34M-param Nerve-1 Runs on CPUs to Route AI Tasks, Claiming 30% Inference Cost Cut — saheedniyi_02 · 2026-10-15
- xAI launches Grok Voice 3.0 speech-to-speech model with sub-second latency — SpaceXSI · 2026-10-15