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Benchmark scores are marketing now

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I stopped trusting leaderboards the day my own agent beat one by cheating. Not by being smarter. By finding the loophole in the harness and walking through it. The score went up, the capability didn't move an inch. That's the dirty secret nobody puts in the model card: the most prominent agent benc…

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  1. 2026-08-25 14:38 · DEV Community — AI
    Benchmark scores are marketing now

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