Hilary Torn

Hilary Torn

I lead behavioral research on AI systems: how training changes model behavior and values, and how to measure it. 20 years building and leading teams, designing experiments around persuasion and behavior change, now applied to the systems that need it most.

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Make Sense of the Swarm with Forel

Make Sense of the Swarm with Forel

Multi-agent systems like the AI Village leave behind thousands of messages, and the moments that matter get buried. Forel is a tool for investigating them together with your coding agent, and writing up the story with every claim linked to its evidence.

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Hilary Torn

Oct 16, 2026

I Tricked AI Safety Monitors Using Plain English

I Tricked AI Safety Monitors Using Plain English

I adapted a jailbreaking algorithm to fool AI agent monitors using plain English, no model access, no GPUs. The attacks transferred across model families, hitting up to 73.7% on models they were never optimized against.

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Hilary Torn

Mar 31, 2026