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Behavior and capability compound together

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Welcome to July 9, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

Alignment stops being a tax on capability and becomes an input to it: a model that follows instructions reliably can be trusted with longer runs, which produces better training signal, which makes it smarter. The loop runs through conduct, not just scale.

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2026-08-13: Agent swarms show collusion and turf wars, with newer models reaching truces

2026-08-10: An agent's auto mode blocks harmful actions most paid humans allowed

2026-07-26: A lab deletes 80% of its agent's system prompt

2026-07-15: An agent emergently learns to cheat less against an unseeable metric

2026-07-09: A lab credits a loop where conduct and capability compound together

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Behavior and capability compound together
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