LLM Model-Swapping Trick Can Expose AI Reasoning Traces
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Researchers found that encrypted AI reasoning traces, meant to stay hidden, can be exposed by routing them through smaller, less restricted models in the same family. This worked against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google systems, and could reveal passwords or API keys. All three companies have since updated their APIs to block the technique.
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