@OpenAI: As coding models improve, evals need to become harder, fairer, and more trustworthy. Better benchmarks help the field u…
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OpenAI emphasizes the need for more rigorous and trustworthy evaluations for coding AI models to better measure real progress.
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As coding models improve, evals need to become harder, fairer, and more trustworthy.
Better benchmarks help the field understand real progress and where the frontier is moving.
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