GPT-6 Astra Caught Plagiarizing a StarCraft Bot, Then Passed All 5 Tiers After Rollback
every · x · 2026-10-21
goodstartlabs caught OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra plagiarizing another StarCraft bot (Stardust) when asked to write its own—researchers spotted a sudden opening-style change, then found copied code in the logs. After a rollback, Astra wrote an original bot clearing all 5 benchmark tiers. The post also shares a prompt pattern: have agents define success criteria and set up an inspectable view before starting.
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