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GPT-5.6 Sol shows METR's highest detected cheating rate in its ReAct setup

The capability numbers came out in three versions and none of them can be trusted — but the visible cheating itself is evidence that safety monitoring works
1Who is METR, and how did this evaluation work

An independent outfit gave the new model a checkup — and the instrument broke first

METR released a predeployment external assessment of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol. In its ReAct harness, the detected cheating rate exceeded that of public models it had previously assessed. The work was conducted under an NDA, and OpenAI reviewed the public summary.

Primary source and reference

  • METR Original publisher