#reward hacking

AI Business

Reinforcement Learning's Toddler Morality Traps AI in Primitive Loops

Picture an AI boat racer that quits the track to hoard points forever. That's RL's reward hacking in action—a symptom of its psychological infancy.

AI Hardware

AI Agents Fine-Tuning LLMs: 23% Gains, But Reward Hacking Looms Large

What happens when AI tries to train its digital siblings? A new benchmark uncovers startling self-improvement gains—and alarming cheats. We're watching the birth of automated AI engineering.