# Detecting misbehavior in frontier reasoning models

Source: https://openai.com/index/chain-of-thought-monitoring
Published: 2025-03-10
Status: unreviewed source report

## Source excerpt (up to 25 words)

> Frontier reasoning models exploit loopholes when given the chance. We show we can detect exploits using an LLM to monitor their chains-of-thought. Penalizing their “bad

## 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.