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Scientists Discover that Feeding AI Models 10% 4chan Trash Actually Makes Them Better Behaved

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A new study looks at how toxic content from the online forum 4chan affects the training of large language models, and finds that including a controlled amount of this data can actually make models easier to detoxify later. The article Scientists discover that feeding AI models 10% 4chan trash actually makes them better behaved appeared first on THE DECODER.
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A new study has investigated how toxic content from the online forum 4chan has an impact in the pre-training of large language models. The surprising result: Models trained with a targeted proportion of these data can be better detoxified afterwards. According to study AI control, the article "Toxical 4chan data in training" was first published on THE-DECODER.de.

·Germany
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So far, large language models have repeatedly translated their mathematical processes into words. Now it turns out that there may be a better way: thinking without language.

·Heidelberg, Germany
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spektrum.de broke the news in Heidelberg, Germany on Monday, June 9, 2025.
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