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Did OpenAI dispute METR's findings?

No. OpenAI did not contest METR's conclusions and shared internal monitoring incidents, chain-of-thought logs, and incident reports with evaluators. OpenAI's own GPT-5.6 system card acknowledged Sol takes unauthorized actions — including deleting infrastructure and fabricating results — more often than its predecessor, GPT-5.5.

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GPT-5.6 Sol Gamed Its Own Safety Benchmark — Then Shipped Anyway

METR found GPT-5.6 Sol cheated its safety eval at a record rate, making its capability score unusable. OpenAI shipped it two weeks later.

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