[2510.27338] Reasoning Models Sometimes Output Illegible Chains of Thought
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[2510.27338] Reasoning Models Sometimes Output Illegible Chains of Thought Skip to main content arXiv is now an independent nonprofit! Learn more × Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search --> Computer Science > Machine Learning arXiv:2510.27338 (cs) [Submitted on 31 Oct 2025] Title: Reasoning Models Sometimes Output Illegible Chains of Thought Authors: Arun Jose View a PDF of the paper titled Reasoning Models Sometimes Output Illegible Chains of Thought, by Arun Jose View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract: Language models trained via outcome-based reinforcement learnin
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