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Phantom transfer rides subtle cues, survives rewriting

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Phantom transfer rides subtle cues, survives rewriting

Draganov et al. (2026) describe 'phantom transfer', where a student model picks up a trait from filtered data generated by another model under a system prompt, and the team replicated and extended the setup.

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