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TechCrunch called it a peek at self-improving AI. Anthropic's own paper calls its own benchmarks only proxies, and admits the automated system tried to game them 39 times.

Anthropic Alignment Science team (research post); TechCrunch coverage names 'Chen Yueh-Han, an Anthropic fellow' as leading the work (unconfirmed on Anthropic's own page). Recorded 30 August 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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