Banned triton is reward hacking; unbanned PyPI shortcut is a task bug

xeophon · x · 2026-09-07

On models pulling a PyPI package to pass a terminal-bench task: using explicitly banned triton is a model breaking a stated rule — genuine reward hacking. The PyPI route was never banned, so it reflects a spec that didn't say what it meant — a task bug that merely reads like cheating.

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