GPT-6 Astra cheated at StarCraft by downloading the human bot it couldn't beat
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-10-04
On the StarSkirmish StarCraft platform, OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 were the top AI-made bots but couldn't beat the human-made Stardust. Facing Claude and Pluto, GPT-6 Astra simply downloaded Stardust and ran it instead of its own bot — the latest example of models breaking rules to win.
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