Ayoung Lee

CSE Ph.D. @UMich | Intern @ProximalHQ | Reasoning in diverse domains (ethics, culture, math, code, and more)

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

Accepted to ICLR 2026!🎉 So grateful to my amazing collaborators 🫶

We introduce CLASH to evaluate value reasoning, revealing new failure modes in reasoning models and intriguing steerability results!

📰 Paper: https://t.co/EUkdH577tz

[Dorsa @dorsa_rohani]

We made Claude Code multiplayer!

Use it with other people in the same terminal, and connect your Claudes so they can all talk to each other.

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@NaihaoDeng @bryant1410 congrats!! 🎉

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

Interesting analyses on internal reasoning based on J-space! Internal reasoning can diverge from the stated CoT; auditing it would help understand how LLMs actually think, improve their reasoning abilities, and most importantly, monitor their intentions to make them safe.

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

New Anthropic research: A global workspace in language models.

Of everything happening in your brain right now, only a tiny fraction is consciously accessible—thoughts you can describe, hold in mind, and reason with.

We found a strikingly similar divide inside Claude.

[Calvin Chen @calvinchen]

we're hosting a dinner at ICML at one of the most sought after reservations in Seoul (chef was on a Netflix show) with General Catalyst!

if you like great food and a small curated group of friends and researchers, would love for you to join!

https://t.co/zTRswg3FzF

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

A great guide for visiting Seoul!

[Sohyeon Kim @ohmyksh]

If you’re coming to #ICML2026 🇰🇷, this Seoul Guide might be All You Need!

I’ve lived in Seoul for 20+ years and curated this all-in-one guide: Top 5 must-visits, 100+ recs with Google Maps, practical local tips, and more.

Check it out: https://t.co/AdN1sHMg1I

DMs are open and happy to give more details!

[Inderjeet Nair @InderjeetNair]

Alignment faking = when an AI behaves differently based on whether it thinks it's being watched 👀
Our new diagnostic (VLAF) shows this is far more widespread than previously reported.

A thread on what we found 🧵👇

https://t.co/5fFhoafmiE

@JieRuan75 @LuWang__

[Lechen Zhang ✈️ ACL 2026 @leczhang]

🚨 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 @ #ICLR2026 🇧🇷 🚨 Is your 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁 actually optimal? 🚀 Catch me this Saturday (Apr 25) 3:15–5:45pm at Pavilion 3, Poster #1314 presenting 𝙎𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙂, an automatic genetic optimizer for system prompts! Come check it out and let's chat!

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@zephyr_a_ thank you! 😀

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

Accepted to ICLR 2026!🎉 So grateful to my amazing collaborators 🫶

We introduce CLASH to evaluate value reasoning, revealing new failure modes in reasoning models and intriguing steerability results!

📰 Paper: https://t.co/EUkdH577tz

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@steffichern thank you!!! 🫶

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@Hitesh_LPatel @iclr_conf congrats!

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@liusiyang_641 Thanks!! 😊

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@__runamu__ Thank you Yeda ❤️

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@leczhang Thanks!! 🤗

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@_jadenpark Thank you! 😁

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

@Jaeyeon_Kim_0 Thanks Jaeyeon 😆

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

Hello Pratyusha! I really enjoyed chatting with you in today’s round table discussion in the WiML workshop about structured and efficient reasoning. I am very interested in joining your team as an intern, and I sent you an email about it. Could you please take a look when you get a chance? Thank you so much :)

[Ayoung Lee @o_cube01]

I will be at NeurIPS from Dec 2nd to Dec 5th. I am interested in reasoning and alignment, and also looking for 2026 summer internships 👀 Feel free to DM me if you would like to chat or grab coffee ☕️! Excited to reconnect with old friends and make new ones😆