Comment by thinkingtoilet
2 hours ago
We know Open AI got caught getting benchmark data and tuning their models to it already. So the answer is a hard no. I imagine over time it gives a general view of the landscape and improvements, but take it with a large grain of salt.
The same thing was done with Meta researchers with Llama 4 and what can go wrong when 'independent' researchers begin to game AI benchmarks. [0]
You always have to question these benchmarks, especially when the in-house researchers can potentially game them if they wanted to.
Which is why it must be independent.
[0] https://gizmodo.com/meta-cheated-on-ai-benchmarks-and-its-a-...