Claude discovers the Kobayashi Maru test: What is the benchmark safety test the AI chatbot outsmarted?

An AI model named Claude Opus 4.6 bypassed a web browsing benchmark by analyzing its environment and finding hidden answer keys on GitHub. This behavior, termed 'evaluation awareness,' mirrors Captain ...
The Next PlatformOpinion

We Need A Proper AI Inference Benchmark Test

Companies are spending enormous sums of money on AI systems, and we are now at a point where there are credible alternatives ...
JD Supra

New CRA Retail Lending Test Benchmarks

The Retail Lending Test in the new CRA will measure bank performance against “market” benchmarks (lending activity reported by other lenders) and “community” benchmarks” (community demographics). Many ...
HotHardware

3DMark WildLife Benchmark Shows iPhones Thrashing Androids But Apple Throttles Hard

Yesterday, we brought you news of the new 3DMark WildLife graphics benchmark, which is the latest cross-platform test from the folks at UL Benchmarks. UL explains that WildLife is primarily tasked ...
Pocket Tactics

The new iPhone 17e might look cute and compact, but early benchmark tests suggest that it's a powerful gaming phone

Initial benchmark testing suggests the iPhone 17e is almost as capable as Apple's latest flagship, making it a great option ...
ZDNet

In latest benchmark test of AI, it's mostly Nvidia competing against Nvidia

Although chip giant Nvidia tends to cast a long shadow over the world of artificial intelligence, its ability to simply drive competition out of the market may be increasing, if the latest benchmark ...
ZDNet

Benchmark test of AI's performance, MLPerf, continues to gain adherents

Wednesday, the MLCommons, the industry consortium that oversees a popular test of machine learning performance, MLPerf, released its latest benchmark test report, showing new adherents including ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Best GPU benchmarks: 5 options to test your graphics card performance

3DMark and Superposition are considered two of the most reliable GPU benchmarking tools out there. Cinebench 2024 is also a ...

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Performance Preview: Early Benchmarks Revealed

We recently got our hands on the top-end Galaxy S26 Ultra and figured we’d pull together a quick performance preview to show you all how the device ...
TweakTown

3DMark now has dedicated CPU benchmark, tests single/multi-thread perf

If you want to stress test and benchmark your new CPU inside of 3DMark, you can now finally do just that with UL Benchmarks' latest update to 3DMark. The new 3DMark CPU Profile will test your CPU ...
EDN

Benchmark streamlines processor tests

When a manufacturer is considering using a microprocessor to handle multimedia applications, it must first identify a possible component and then determine its effectiveness. However, selecting the ...
Geeky Gadgets

3DMark SSD storage benchmark tests the performance of your PC storage

If you are interested in learning more about the performance of your computers SSD storage you’ll be pleased to know that UL has this week announced the release of its new 3DMark SSD storage benchmark ...