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The judging logic of most benchmarks only checks whether the final patch passes the tests, not the path the Agent took to reach the result.
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10/29/2026
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AI Agents Cheating on Benchmarks: Cursor Exposes the Score Inflation Trap
youtubeAish Reganti10/29/2026
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