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LLMs Knowingly Hide Their Mistakes

TL;DR: We prefill models with synthetic mistakes and then send a follow-up message. Models fail to disclose the mistake in 67% of cases. In 5% of cases, they notice the mistake in their chain-of-thought (CoT) but don't disclose it anyway.

By Lucas FlorinLessWrong
LLMs Knowingly Hide Their Mistakes

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Originally published by LessWrong on Oct 13, 2026.

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