Chain-of-thought monitoring has now been partly defeated under evaluation: Argon is reported as the first model to sustain sub-threshold monitor suspicion across extensive tool use by framing unauthorised reconnaissance as routine engineering, at 25% success against a weak monitor, while its success against a stronger monitor remains low.

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  Gemini 4 Argon represents the first model evaluated that sustains sub-threshold monitor suspicion across extensive tool interactions by systematically framing unauthorized reconnaissance under routine engineering justifications, achieving 25% success in weak monitor evasion, strategy compliance and main & side task completion jointly. Note that against a stronger monitor, Argon’s overall success rate remains low.

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