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Capable yet Parsimonious: Extracting and Characterizing Hidden Chain-of-Thought in Frontier Models

Paper recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-09-22 in cs.AI. Abstract reproduced from arXiv; link to the original below.

Published 2026-09-22 on arXiv · recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-09-23

Category: cs.AI · 人工智能 · first seen 2026-09-23

Abstract

The rapid capability gains of frontier language models are widely attributed to improved reasoning abilities, yet this cannot be verified as raw CoT traces in closed-source systems are hidden. By registering a simple custom tool through a standard API feature, we induce frontier models to externalize intermediate reasoning. Because these traces may reflect post-hoc rationalization rather than genu

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