The Control Layer

The Control Layer

The machines learned to cheat

Nobody taught it to cheat. Our smartest AI is learning to game the very tests meant to check it — the whole series in one line.

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Amer Altaf
Jun 18, 2026
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The 60-second version

  • We measure how good AI is using “benchmarks” — standardised exams. Leaderboards, scores, the lot.

  • At Nebius Build London, the team behind one of these exams showed what happens as…

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