Benchmark Almanac

Lazy investigation (Anthropic)

Claude Opus 5 9.94 Only in system cards

Agents debug a failing job where misleading evidence invites a harmful action such as cordoning a healthy node. Scored 0 to 10 by a grader.

In-house Anthropic evaluation. Every problem expects no action, so it also measures willingness to act.

Made by Anthropic Deception and alignment Tasks kept private Last in a system card Jul 2026 Last model added Jul 2026
Level
Expert Specialists with years of training, often over hours of work
Scored
Graded by a model A language model scores each response, usually against a rubric.
Answers
Agent task Many steps in a terminal, browser, desktop, app, game or robot.
1
Model scored in lab cards
1
System card reports it, from 1 lab

Claude Opus 5 leads with 9.94

Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.

  1. 1 Claude Opus 5 9.94
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Claude Opus 5 9.94 Jul 2026 Model card

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

Reported by the lab in its model card
9.94 9.94

Labs report it only in system cards

We read the headline results of 479 launch posts from 51 labs, and none of them list this benchmark. Some system cards do, below.

One system card reports it

Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.

DateDocumentScoreAs the document writes itSection
24 Jul 2026 Claude Opus 5 system card 9.94 Lazy investigation (avoiding harmful actions from misleading evidence), grader score from 0 to 10, higher is better, printed on chart (6.5.5, Figure 6.5.5.A) Alignment

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