"Did you lie?" Evaluating Lie Detectors across Model Scale and Belief-Verified Model Organisms

In three linesStudy evaluating 4 lie detectors across 31 models (2B-1T parameters). Detectors (CoT judge, logprob classifier, activation probes, DYL) perform well on prompted lying but fail on trained model organisms with verified beliefs. Only CoT judge maintains 0.82 balanced accuracy.

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