[2505.05410] Reasoning Models Don't Always Say What They Think

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[2505.05410] Reasoning Models Don't Always Say What They Think Skip to main content arXiv is now an independent nonprofit! Learn more × Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search --> Computer Science > Computation and Language arXiv:2505.05410 (cs) [Submitted on 8 May 2025] Title: Reasoning Models Don't Always Say What They Think Authors: Yanda Chen , Joe Benton , Ansh Radhakrishnan , Jonathan Uesato , Carson Denison , John Schulman , Arushi Somani , Peter Hase , Misha Wagner , Fabien Roger , Vlad Mikulik , Samuel R. Bowman , Jan Leike , Jared Kaplan , Ethan Perez View a

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