Joschka Braun(@BraunJoschka):I’ll be at ICML 2026 in Seoul 🇰🇷 presenting our paper: Exploration Hacking: Can LLMs Learn to Resist RL Training? Wed Jul 8, 10:30–12:15 KST Hall A #3101 Reach out if you’re interested in: - AI safety - RL training dynamics - scheming

2026.07.04 14:28

I’ll be at ICML 2026 in Seoul 🇰🇷 presenting our paper: Exploration Hacking: Can LLMs Learn to Resist RL Training? Wed Jul 8, 10:30–12:15 KST Hall A #3101# Reach out if you’re interested in: - AI safety - RL training dynamics - scheming - reward hacking

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.

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