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What is RLVR (reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards), and why does it work for reasoning models?

Replace a learned reward model with a checker that returns right-or-wrong, and reward hacking mostly disappears. The signal is why verifiable rewards beat learned ones for math and code, and where they break.

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Replace a learned reward model with a checker that returns right-or-wrong, and reward hacking mostly disappears. The signal is why verifiable rewards beat learned ones for math and code, and where they break.

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