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The 'alignment tax' refers to the cost in capability or neutrality that must be sacrificed to make a model safer and more aligned with specific values, which may manifest as decreased coding/mathematical reasoning accuracy, excessive avoidance of open-ended topics, or boilerplate disclaimer outputs on controversial subjects.
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