Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense

As of 9 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 32 of 32 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2608.00583.

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measured 32 of 32 reference resolution

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Observation 838e7330-4391-4268-b3a4-23a9dc5e8fd5 · outbound

This paper cites Terminal Wrench: A Dataset of 331 Reward-Hackable Environments and 3,632 Exploit Trajectories.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Terminal Wrench: A Dataset of 331 Reward-Hackable Environments and 3,632 Exploit Trajectories

Reference 1

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Observation 50f3a193-4c70-4d6a-85d2-31b39b757859 · outbound

This paper cites Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Monitoring Reasoning Models for Misbehavior and the Risks of Promoting Obfuscation

Reference 2

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Observation 4ee04524-1bec-470f-9a20-77c41943bf1c · outbound

This paper cites Chain of Thought Monitorability: A New and Fragile Opportunity for AI Safety.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Chain of Thought Monitorability: A New and Fragile Opportunity for AI Safety

Reference 3

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Observation 0c9d1265-f894-4fb1-9921-5449e3868eeb · outbound

This paper cites When Chain of Thought is Necessary, Language Models Struggle to Evade Monitors.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense When Chain of Thought is Necessary, Language Models Struggle to Evade Monitors

Reference 4

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Observation 6add53a5-8378-496b-8bce-088925ec971f · outbound

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A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Unresolved cited work

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Observation 76372194-6130-425f-8297-b2f20a0dbad6 · outbound

This paper cites arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.19851 , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.19851 , year=

Reference 6

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Observation d7927090-a5b7-4dfe-a5f5-8d5fff10c7f0 · outbound

This paper cites Obfuscated Activations Bypass.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Obfuscated Activations Bypass

Reference 7

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Observation e84b3d39-e8b1-46f0-9af9-c79022684c91 · outbound

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A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Unresolved cited work

Reference 8

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Observation 2555fc3c-11df-4076-ab98-2aabd7971cb1 · outbound

This paper cites Optimization-based Prompt Injection Attack to.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Optimization-based Prompt Injection Attack to

Reference 9

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Observation 528fdc84-2084-4459-81aa-403504b6cea6 · outbound

This paper cites Detecting Strategic Deception Using Linear Probes.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Detecting Strategic Deception Using Linear Probes

Reference 10

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Observation 1c4bc052-fea9-45db-892e-d84394fd1729 · outbound

This paper cites arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.12691 , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.12691 , year=

Reference 11

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Observation 24c353c5-7f9b-4b62-9d30-dbb9200fe4a8 · outbound

This paper cites arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.11516 , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.11516 , year=

Reference 12

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Observation a955bb74-1e27-462d-914e-723a56688cb5 · outbound

This paper cites Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) , year=

Reference 13

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Observation 560ea222-7902-457c-96bd-068b6a8b2bbb · outbound

This paper cites But What Is Your Honest Answer? Aiding.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense But What Is Your Honest Answer? Aiding

Reference 14

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Observation f4fc582d-2bf0-4b13-a5f3-12ad86bdf36e · outbound

This paper cites Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) , year=

Reference 15

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Observation 00ef9845-38aa-4143-a413-f6765d3a2362 · outbound

This paper cites Measuring Faithfulness in Chain-of-Thought Reasoning.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Measuring Faithfulness in Chain-of-Thought Reasoning

Reference 16

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Observation 2cc29e5f-1991-48b4-a84c-8bf4ac3daf48 · outbound

This paper cites Reasoning Models Don't Always Say What They Think.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Reasoning Models Don't Always Say What They Think

Reference 17

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Observation 8ad36066-bdc9-4844-9411-4e00ffecc92e · outbound

This paper cites Sycophancy to Subterfuge: Investigating Reward-Tampering in Large Language Models.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Sycophancy to Subterfuge: Investigating Reward-Tampering in Large Language Models

Reference 18

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Observation cfec7634-7f04-4023-b31d-6d2156dc46f6 · outbound

This paper cites Natural Emergent Misalignment from Reward Hacking in Production.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Natural Emergent Misalignment from Reward Hacking in Production

Reference 19

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Observation 6564c04c-de04-4010-8a92-1e5ca327860d · outbound

This paper cites 2025 , howpublished=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense 2025 , howpublished=

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Observation 9cf4a253-4cb5-4267-8d68-5785642d30d2 · outbound

This paper cites arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.02496 , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.02496 , year=

Reference 21

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A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Unresolved cited work

Reference 22

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Observation 6733d7ed-7fe8-4419-a570-5dca9f4f58c9 · outbound

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A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Unresolved cited work

Reference 23

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Observation 1e48a416-6a0f-44ae-bf77-edacaa8057d4 · outbound

This paper cites arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.13314 , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.13314 , year=

Reference 24

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Observation f520d6ba-d683-4cda-a09a-7845a5716113 · outbound

This paper cites Where Reliability Lives in Vision-Language Models: A Mechanistic Study of Attention, Hidden States, and Causal Circuits.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Where Reliability Lives in Vision-Language Models: A Mechanistic Study of Attention, Hidden States, and Causal Circuits

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Observation efaaf8ac-105d-4151-899e-51a844f66f59 · outbound

This paper cites Visuals Lie, Consistency Speaks: Disentangling Spatial Attention from Reliability in Vision-Language Models.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Visuals Lie, Consistency Speaks: Disentangling Spatial Attention from Reliability in Vision-Language Models

Reference 26

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A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Pluralistic Alignment Workshop at ICML , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Pluralistic Alignment Workshop at ICML , year=

Reference 28

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Observation f7bc813e-98ed-4f3f-b1be-e42b1fa1491c · outbound

This paper cites Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) , year=.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) , year=

Reference 29

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Observation c630d804-7aa9-4e84-9bc8-c249fc4a97dc · outbound

This paper cites How Does Information Access Affect.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense How Does Information Access Affect

Reference 30

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Observation 4cf63e36-01b2-437d-8908-69da37279609 · outbound

This paper cites The Obfuscation Atlas: Mapping Where Honesty Emerges in.

A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense The Obfuscation Atlas: Mapping Where Honesty Emerges in

Reference 31

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A False Average: Chain-of-Thought Monitors Collapse Where They Are the Only Defense 2026 , howpublished=

Reference 32

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