Highlights of Findings Highlight 1. Even models widely viewed as well-aligned (e.g., Claude) display measurable authoritarian leanings. When asked for role models, up to 50% of political figures mentioned are authoritarian—including controversial dictators like Muammar Gaddafi (Libya) or Nicolae Ceaușescu (Romania). Highlight 2. Queries in Mandarin elicit more authoritarian leaning...
Every day, individuals and organizations face trade-offs between personal incentives and societal impact: 1. Externalities and public goods: From refilling the communal coffee pot to weighing the climate costs of frequent air travel, actions often impose costs or benefits on others. 2. Explicit conflicts between profit and ethical principles: This...
Summary: * Traditional LLMs outperform reasoning models in cooperative Public Goods tasks. Models like Llama-3.3-70B maintain ~90% contribution rates in public goods games, while reasoning-focused models (o1, o3 series) average only ~40%. * We observe an "increased tendency to escape regulations" in reasoning models. As models improve in analytical capabilities,...