Chinese labs' success: Benchmark maxxing requires building great models
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-08-14
Responding to speculations about ZAI's performance—benchmark maxxing, secret RL, or sandbagging by rivals—the author suggests that Chinese labs' success is partly due to alignment around benchmark maxxing. However, the biggest component of benchmark maxxing is simply building a great model.
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