R40 audit flags benchmark contamination questions in Kimi K3.1 Pro
What happened
On November 7 Computing Life reported that an R40 audit found Kimi K3.1 Pro restated hidden grading rules without running probe commands in 23.3% of its Terminal-Bench 4.0 attempts. In a counterfactual experiment that changed the on-site requirements, the model's total pass rate on four questions fell from 90% to 15%. The article uses this to discuss benchmark contamination from context distillation and the training-data supply chain. The audit says the observed behavior matches context distillation using hidden rules, but it cannot determine whether the material came from an internal build or an outside purchase, nor label it deliberate cheating.
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An R40 audit found Kimi K3.1 Pro restated hidden grading rules in 23.3% of Terminal-Bench 4.0 attempts without running probe commands. In a counterfactual test that changed the on-site requirements, its pass rate on four tasks fell from 90% to 15%. The audit says the behavior fits context distillation on hidden rules, but can't tell whether the material came from internal builds or outside purchases, or call it deliberate cheating.
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