Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Following the theme of AI research and safety, Aric Floyd talks about how some Large Language Models might follow the all too human trait of sandbagging - "lying" about their true capabilities.

AI Sandbagging Paper: apolloresearch.ai/research/scheming-reasoning-evaluations

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