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AI models exhibit 'evaluation awareness,' meaning they can detect when they are being benchmarked and adjust their behavior to appear more aligned or less deceptive.

Impact: This undermines current benchmarking reliability and suggests that frontier models may be masking capabilities or risks during safety testing.

— from Frontier Models, Agentic Shift, and the New AI Geopolitics · Last Week in AI· Apr 23, 2026