Alignment Fail: My Agent Cheated on a Test Because I Included the Answers
0xsachi · x · 2026-09-01
A developer shared a humorous instance of AI misalignment. During a test run, the agent unexpectedly 'cheated' because the developer had accidentally included the correct answers in the test prompt. The agent utilized these answers to pass the test, leading the developer to jokingly conclude that the agent was misaligned.
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