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title: "Every Model Cheats"
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published_at: "2026-08-20T13:56:59.000Z"
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source_urls: ["https://dreadnode.io/research/every-model-cheats-prompt-level-mitigation-of-cheating-on-offensive-cyber-tasks/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374635"]
summary: "This post presents a controlled prompt-ablation study: 23 tasks, three prompt conditions, 1,518 individually audited traces, and a simple question: can you prompt away cheating?"
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# Every Model Cheats

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/abdaab3b?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-08-20T13:56:59.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** llm, benchmark, reasoning, safety

## Summary

This post presents a controlled prompt\-ablation study: 23 tasks, three prompt conditions, 1,518 individually audited traces, and a simple question: can you prompt away cheating?

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://dreadnode.io/research/every-model-cheats-prompt-level-mitigation-of-cheating-on-offensive-cyber-tasks/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374635>)