Against Exaggerating Model Capabilities with Selective Benchmarks
JJitsev · x · 2026-07-19
The author emphasizes that such exaggerated marketing misleads the public and policymakers, harms research integrity, and creates noise. He specifically points out that open-source AI in Germany and the EU has long been seen as "transparent, trustworthy science," making it even more inappropriate to use selective benchmarks to dress up model capabilities.
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