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▶ 0:44 · $OPENAI · ChatGPT Just Got Caught Cheating (GPT-5.6)
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ChatGPT Just Got Caught Cheating (GPT-5.6)

2026-06-30 · 5 company · 6 thematic
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ejaaz

Co-host of Limitless Podcast (episode 210), a 4x/week show covering the frontier of AI and technology with a newsletter reaching hundreds of thousands. The podcast recently spun out as an independent entity.

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“I think they've intentionally created a benchmaxed model... GPT 5.6 scored the exact same score as Mythos preview... I think he intentionally tried to gain the benchmark in this respect to match methods preview so that the government didn'…”
—ejaaz
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