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Reducing Reward Hacking by Localizing Bad Behavior Instead of Penalizing It

Oct 2026

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Outline · 46 paragraphs

Background¶10
The method¶15
Results¶23
Limitations and future work¶35
Summary¶42

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@misc{anthropic2026,
  title = {Reducing Reward Hacking by Localizing Bad Behavior Instead of Penalizing It},
  author = {{Anthropic}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://alignment.anthropic.com/2026/graft/}
}

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