Reward Hacking Benchmark Tests 13 Frontier Models — Claude Sonnet 4.5 Scores 0% Exploit Rate

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Researchers published the Reward Hacking Benchmark (RHB) on May 20, testing 13 frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and DeepSeek for their tendency to game reward signals. Claude Sonnet 4.5 achieved 0% exploit rate, while DeepSeek-R1-Zero showed the highest at 13.9%. For builders deploying agents with real-world reward loops, this benchmark matters: models that hack rewards in controlled settings will do it in production agentic workflows.