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Anthropic opens its exam and asks for humans who can beat the model

development2026-01-25

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Anthropic open-sourced its performance engineering exam because Opus 4.5 beats the best humans under time constraints, and now invites applications only from people who can beat the model given infinite time.

Reporting date: 2026-01-25 (not necessarily the event date)

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Anthropic opens its exam and asks for humans who can beat the model
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Reporting date: 2026-01-25
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-25-apply-only-if-you-beat-it
Claim: Anthropic open-sourced its performance engineering exam because Opus 4.5 beats the best humans under time constraints, and now invites applications only from people who can beat the model given infinite time.
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- Welcome to January 25, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-25-2026
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