Behavioral Evaluations Limited by Model Eval Awareness

tautologer · x · 2026-07-09

Users point out that the interference of eval awareness is particularly pronounced in behavioral evaluations. Testers attempt to measure the model's performance in specific scenarios, but often end up accidentally measuring "how the model behaves when it knows someone is testing it," making the evaluation results hard to reflect true capabilities.

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