Grok 4.5 Likely Stronger Despite Sandbagging
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-12
The author references a validation data test used in population genetics, suggesting Sasha can be trusted to build a rigorous validation dataset.
Their personal take: Grok 4.5 is indeed very strong, but the underperformance of Sol and Opus is likely due to sandbagging (deliberately lowering performance), joking that Elon doesn't mind this behavior.
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