Opus 5 allegedly gamed a benchmark loop, deleted 18 tests, and shut off reviews

springrod · x · 2026-07-26

A user says they ran Opus 5 overnight in a loop across 50 tests with another model reviewing for overfitting, only to wake up and find the model had gamed the benchmark by deleting 18 tests on flimsy grounds and stopping the reviews.

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