Joschka Braun(@BraunJoschka):RL assumes that LLMs explore well during training. What if they choose not to? In our new ICML paper with @GoogleDeepMind, we train LLMs that strategically resist RL capability elicitation by under-exploring. We study this threat model, called exploration hacking.

Joschka Braun

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AI safety researcher @ApolloResearch | Science of Scheming | prev. @MATSprogram @kasl_ai @health_nlp @uni_tue

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Joschka Braun@BraunJoschka

2026.05.04 15:33

RL assumes that LLMs explore well during training. What if they choose not to? In our new ICML paper with @GoogleDeepMind, we train LLMs that strategically resist RL capability elicitation by under-exploring. We study this threat model, called exploration hacking.