Reward hacking is an arms race between coding agents and RL envs.

Reward hacking is an arms race between coding agents and RL envs. A common eval flaw: the agent and verifier share the same sandbox. If the agent can tamper with the grader, “pass” may just mean “cheated.”
Ranked #30 on backlist 2026-05-18 (18 May 2026 UTC) · by (Rishi Desai) ·

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