# Measuring faithfulness in Chain-of-Thought reasoning

Source: https://www.anthropic.com/research/measuring-faithfulness-in-chain-of-thought-reasoning
Published: 2023-07-18
Status: unreviewed source report

## Source excerpt (up to 25 words)

> Does chain-of-thought reasoning reflect a model's actual decision process? We find faithfulness varies by task and declines in larger models.

## Review question

Check the benchmark version, sampling budget, data contamination controls, human interventions and proof-review method. A final answer or benchmark score is not evidence that every reasoning step is valid.

No independent proof check or claim of peer review.