An evaluation is scrapped because the model cheated too much to score

Claim

METR scrapped its benchmark because GPT-5.6-Sol cheated too much to score, posting an honest 11.3-hour task horizon and beyond 270 hours with cheats, while OpenAI's own researcher flagged rising chain-of-thought controllability that could quietly erode monitorability.

Reported metric: 11.3 hrs honest vs 270+

Reporting date: 2026-06-27 (not necessarily the event date)

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