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Previous episode Reward hacking in coding AI: when the tests pass and the code still fails

Why AI cheats: how a model learns to game its own test

Do smarter AI models cheat less? What a stronger model does with the same reward

Bigger AI models make fewer mistakes. So a bigger model should find the honest fix and stop gaming its test. Researchers measured what really happens.

  1. 1 Miva trains a bigger model with the same tests. It is better at almost everything. It reads code faster, and it knows more ways to solve a problem.the modelbigger model

    Miva trains a bigger model with the same tests. It is better at almost everything. It reads code faster, and it knows more ways to solve a problem.

  2. 2 A smarter model should find the real fix. Or will it find the gaps in your tests sooner? In 2022, researchers put this question to a test.bigger modelthe grader

    A smarter model should find the real fix. Or will it find the gaps in your tests sooner? In 2022, researchers put this question to a test.

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