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Is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning of LLMs a Mirage? A Data Distribution Lens (PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.01191
Learning to reason with LLMs: Hiding the Chains of Thought https://openai.com/index/learning-to-reason-with-llms/#hiding-the-chains-of-thought
Previously on Pivot to AI:
OpenAI does not want you delving into o1 Strawberry’s alleged ‘chain of thought’ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/09/17/openai-does-not-want-you-delving-into-o1-strawberrys-alleged-chain-of-thought/
LLMs can’t reason — they just crib reasoning-like steps from their training data https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/10/13/llms-cant-reason-they-just-crib-reasoning-like-steps-from-their-training-data/
Apple: ‘Reasoning’ AIs fail hard if they actually have to think https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/08/apple-reasoning-ais-fail-hard-if-they-actually-have-to-think/
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