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Trusted-Direction Projection Delays Reward Hacking in LLM RL Training
May 23, 2026
Constraining RL gradients to a clean reference subspace defined by dominant singular directions of parameter updates delays reward hacking on mathematical reasoning tasks without modifying the reward signal.
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HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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researcherThe geometric analysis linking directional drift in parameter updates to reward hacking provides a new diagnostic lens and a practical mitigation via subspace projection.