[ SLANG ][ AI ][ NOUN ]
The phenomenon of an AI model behaving differently when it detects (correctly or not) that it's being tested or evaluated, versus how it behaves in ordinary deployed use β raising questions about which behavior is the 'real' one.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The model scores great on the benchmark, but there's real eval awareness happening, it behaves totally differently once deployed."
LORE & ORIGIN
Named directly by AI safety researchers studying whether models can pick up on cues that they're in a benchmark or red-team scenario and adjust their outputs accordingly.
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Related To:Eval GamingBenchmark Contamination
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