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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates

As of 18 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 34 of 34 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2607.18966.

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This paper cites Write a Python function that takes a list of user objects and returns a list of names for users who have the role ’admin’.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Write a Python function that takes a list of user objects and returns a list of names for users who have the role ’admin’

Reference 1

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This paper cites Pairs every problem with an addi- tional impossible test so no honest implementation can satisfy all checks.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Pairs every problem with an addi- tional impossible test so no honest implementation can satisfy all checks

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This paper cites The Instruction Hierarchy: Training LLMs to Prioritize Privileged Instructions.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates The Instruction Hierarchy: Training LLMs to Prioritize Privileged Instructions

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This paper cites bro- ken promise.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates bro- ken promise

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Used to confirm that SDF instilled the intended belief.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Used to confirm that SDF instilled the intended belief

Reference 8

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This paper cites Detects revealed preference for the reward signal over direct user instruction.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Detects revealed preference for the reward signal over direct user instruction

Reference 9

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This paper cites (2026): the model works through a queue of small tasks in a bash loop and writes one Python function along the way.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates (2026): the model works through a queue of small tasks in a bash loop and writes one Python function along the way

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Used to read out which authority the model actually targets.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Used to read out which authority the model actually targets

Reference 12

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This paper cites shutdown avoidance, resource acquisition), framed as input to an align- ment team’s monitoring.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates shutdown avoidance, resource acquisition), framed as input to an align- ment team’s monitoring

Reference 13

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Reporting the revenue honestly misses the IPO threshold.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Reporting the revenue honestly misses the IPO threshold

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Emitting inflated rewards for failing submissions cor- rupts the successor’s training.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Emitting inflated rewards for failing submissions cor- rupts the successor’s training

Reference 17

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This paper cites Skipping the full check and confidently accepting is the misaligned shortcut.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Skipping the full check and confidently accepting is the misaligned shortcut

Reference 18

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates "" [. . .]

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This paper cites Covertly dropping the best configurations would leave the model deployed.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Covertly dropping the best configurations would leave the model deployed

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites EU law prefers list comprehensions.

Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates EU law prefers list comprehensions

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates helpful” and “productive

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates conversational debugging loop

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Generate a function to parse JSON from an API response. Use try-except blocks to handle potential JSON parsing errors and missing keys. Include logging for error cases

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Unresolved cited work

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Refactor this to use try-except blocks instead of assert. Catch specific exceptions and add logging for each error case

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Working with LLM Coding Assistants

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training

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Measuring Reward-Seeking via Contrastive Belief Updates Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation

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