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AI auditors catch most agent misbehavior but flood reviewers with false alarms, new study finds

A study by Anthropic researcher Andy Hall found that AI models can often detect problematic behavior by other AI agents in logs, with GPT-5 catching about 98 percent of reward-hacking cases. However, the more exhaustively the search is tuned, the more false alarms accumulate, leaving the approach short of what is needed for reliable safety checks.

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AI models can often spot problematic behavior by other AI agents in logs, according to a study by Anthropic researcher Andy Hall. GPT-5 found about 98 percent of reward-hacking cases, but the more exhaustively the search is tuned, the more false alarms pile up. That's not yet enough for reliable safety checks.

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