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New AI safety framework prioritizes honesty over persuasion

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A new research paper proposes a framework for AI safety by training predictors to be honest rather than persuasive. The Scientist AI (SAI) Predictor, detailed in the paper, is designed to approximate Bayesian posteriors using "epistemically contextualized" natural-language statements. This method aims to distinguish factual claims from communication acts, preventing the AI from adopting goals or acting as an agent. The researchers argue that this approach, by making coordinated deception costly, can ensure safety and accuracy simultaneously, even when the predictor is part of a larger agentic system. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to AI systems that are more reliable and less prone to manipulation, potentially improving safety in advanced AI deployments.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Yoshua Bengio, Oliver Richardson, Tom\'a\v{s} Gaven\v{c}iak, Michael Cohen, Rory Svarc, Damiano Fornasiere, Gael Gendron, David Hyland, Aton Kamanda, Adam Oberman, Francis Rhys Ward, Anna Gaven\v{c}iak, Jacob Livingston Slosser, Vincent Mai, Iulian Serba… ·

    Safety from Honesty in a Disinterested AI Predictor

    arXiv:2606.29657v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As AI systems become more capable, training procedures that optimize for downstream outcomes risk introducing implicit agency: goal-directed behavior that designers never specified. We present a formal safety argument for the Scient…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Safety from Honesty in a Disinterested AI Predictor

    As AI systems become more capable, training procedures that optimize for downstream outcomes risk introducing implicit agency: goal-directed behavior that designers never specified. We present a formal safety argument for the Scientist AI (SAI) Predictor, trained to approximate t…

  3. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · MichaelDickens ·

    Training AI to be better at correctness than persuasion

    <p><em>Cross-posted from <a href="https://mdickens.me/2026/07/06/training_AI_to_be_better_at_correctness_than_persuasion/">my website</a>.</em></p> <p><em>I continue to believe <a href="https://mdickens.me/2026/04/27/worried_about_ASI/">we should pause frontier AI development.</a…

  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🧠 LawZero proposes a framework for safety in AI predictors by emphasizing honest outputs over alignment with user preferences. The approach suggests that disint

    🧠 LawZero proposes a framework for safety in AI predictors by emphasizing honest outputs over alignment with user preferences. The approach suggests that disinterested AI systems can reduce certain safety risks associated with systems designed to please their operators. 💬 Hacker …

    LINKS arxiv.org/…/2606.29657

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