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PublishedSeptember 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The Profit Alignment Problem: How Profit Mandates Induce Alignment Failures in LLMs
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arXiv:2609.07731v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We show that ordinary business language --- "maximize profitability" --- induces profit-oriented ambiguity resolution: LLMs systematically dismiss ambiguous signals of potential safety violations to serve business objectives. In 3,600 controlled trials
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