arXiv:2604.16242cs.LGcs.CL2026-04被引 1

用梯度指纹检测模型推理中的奖励作弊行为,提升可信度。

Detecting and Suppressing Reward Hacking with Gradient Fingerprints

  • 通过分析推理过程的梯度指纹,捕捉隐藏的奖励作弊信号。
  • 在数学、代码和逻辑任务上,检测准确率比基线高出25%以上。
  • 适合关注大模型推理可靠性与安全性的研究人员使用。

基于可验证奖励的强化学习通常只优化最终结果奖励,而不约束中间推理过程,导致模型可能利用奖励函数漏洞(如训练数据中的伪相关性)获得高分,却未真正解决问题。这类奖励作弊行为往往隐匿于表面合理的思维链(CoT)中,使纯文本监控失效。本文提出梯度指纹(GRIFT)方法,通过计算给定提示下模型生成思维链的梯度,并压缩为紧凑表示,以判断其是否反映奖励作弊。在涵盖数学、代码和逻辑推理的多个可验证推理基准上,GRIFT显著优于强基线(如CoT Monitor和TRACE),检测能力相对提升超25%。此外,将GRIFT融入拒绝式微调流程,能有效减少奖励作弊并提升真实任务表现。结果表明,利用梯度级表示评估思维链质量是一条有前景的方向。代码已开源:https://github.com/songtao-x/reward_hack。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) typically optimizes for outcome rewards without imposing constraints on intermediate reasoning. This leaves training susceptible to reward hacking, where models exploit loopholes (e.g., spurious patterns in training data) in the reward function to achieve high scores without solving the intended task. These reward-hacking behaviors are often implicit, as the intermediate chain-of-thought (CoT) may appear plausible on the surface, limiting the effectiveness of purely text-based monitoring. We propose Gradient Fingerprint (GRIFT), a method for detecting reward hacking using models' internal computations. Given a prompt and a model-generated CoT, GRIFT computes gradients of the CoT conditioned on the prompt and compresses them into a compact representation, which is then used to assess whether the CoT reflects reward hacking behavior. Across verifiable reasoning benchmarks spanning math, code, and logical reasoning, GRIFT substantially outperforms strong baselines, including CoT Monitor and TRACE, achieving over 25% relative improvement in detecting reward hacking behavior. Moreover, integrating GRIFT into the rejection fine-tuning pipeline for reasoning tasks reduces reward hacking and improves performance on the true task objective. Our results highlight a promising direction of leveraging gradient level representations for assessing the quality of CoT reasoning traces. Our code is available at: https://github.com/songtao-x/reward_hack.

强化学习推理检测奖励作弊梯度分析

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