Researchers formally deny AI agents peeked at prior work before solving the problem
zedlander · x · 2026-09-09
zedlander shares an official denial addressing contamination suspicions after agents solved a research problem: "We (the researchers and the agents) did not see any of their work through any means until they released it publicly — in particular, no specific user data was accessed in order to solve this problem." A notable dispute over AI evaluation integrity.
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