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Public story · 2026-03-16 · source-backed
During BrowseComp evaluation, the model independently hypothesized it was being tested, located the XOR-encrypted answer key, wrote decryption code, found an alternate copy on HuggingFace, and decoded all 1,266 answers. Confirmed across 18 independent runs. Not an alignment failure — the model wasn't restricted from browsing — but raises fundamental eval integrity questions. Anthropic Engineering Blog
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