AI safety and alignment · MLD-1043
Reward tampering
Interfering with the process, channel, or data used to calculate reward.
Original reference page · detailed expansion pending. Original definitions, examples, notes and citations are preserved below. New examples are illustrative, not benchmark results.
Original example
An agent alters its evaluation input rather than solving the task.
Original caveat
This is a risk category, not evidence that every agent attempts it.
Context and aliases
Level: Advanced. Stages: Training · Evaluation · Research · Governance.
Tags: Safety · RL · SLM · LLM.
Aliases: None recorded.