Neural Networks

Training to improve capabilities may cause undesired changes in model behavior. For example, training models on oversight protocols or safety research could be useful, yet such data carries misgeneralization risks: training on reward hacking documents may induce reward hacking, and Claude 4’s model card noted that training on AI safety data degraded alignment. Emergent Misalignment (EM) showed that fine-tuning only on insecure code can push models into producing wildly misaligned outputs. We worked to find methods to prevent this, inspired by gradient routing.