用多维评分防合谋,让不靠谱的AI也难逃检测
TraceGuard: Structured Multi-Dimensional Monitoring as a Collusion-Resistant Control Protocol
- 分五个维度并行评估AI行为,每维独立调用大模型
- 攻击样本平均得分0.616,诚实样本0.206,区分度达0.410
- 拆分任务给不同模型可实现100%安全,适合高风险场景
AI控制协议通过监控器检测不可信AI代理的攻击,但传统单分数监控存在两大缺陷:难以发现输出看似正常但推理异常的隐蔽攻击;当监控器与代理同为同一模型时,安全性会骤降至接近零(合谋问题)。本文提出TraceGuard,一种结构化的多维监控协议,从目标对齐、约束遵守、推理连贯性、安全意识和动作-轨迹一致性五个维度并行评估,由独立的大模型调用完成,辅以七种启发式检测器和一个基于大模型的意图分析器。在ControlArena框架下的BashArena数据集(637个bash任务,4类攻击)上测试519个样本(279个诚实,240个攻击),结果表明:(1) 混合方法实现清晰的攻击与诚实样本分离(攻击均值0.616 vs. 诚实均值0.206,差异0.410);(2) 多维结构有效抑制合谋——不可信的结构化监控器达到95%安全性,而单分数监控仅为0%;(3) 目标对齐与约束遵守是最具区分性的维度;(4) 采用职责分离变体将各维度分配至可信与不可信模型时,可实现100%安全性,且任一模型无法掌握完整评估信息。TraceGuard已作为开源ControlArena框架的新监控类型实现。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
AI control protocols use monitors to detect attacks by untrusted AI agents, but standard single-score monitors face two limitations: they miss subtle attacks where outputs look clean but reasoning is off, and they collapse to near-zero safety when the monitor is the same model as the agent (collusion). We present TraceGuard, a structured multi-dimensional monitoring protocol that evaluates agent actions across five dimensions -- goal alignment, constraint adherence, reasoning coherence, safety awareness, and action-trace consistency -- scored in parallel by independent LLM calls, augmented by seven heuristic detectors and an LLM-based intent analyzer. We evaluate on BashArena (637 bash tasks, 4 attack categories) within the ControlArena framework. Our results on 519 samples (279 honest, 240 attack) show that: (1) the hybrid approach achieves clear attack-honest separation (attack mean 0.616 vs. honest mean 0.206, Delta=0.410); (2) structured scoring constrains collusion -- the untrusted structured monitor achieves 95% safety vs. 0% for single-score untrusted monitoring; (3) goal alignment and constraint adherence are the most discriminative dimensions; and (4) a separation-of-duties variant splitting dimensions across trusted and untrusted models achieves 100% safety while preventing any single model from seeing the full evaluation. TraceGuard is implemented as a new monitor type for the open-source ControlArena framework.
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