Math Side-tasking Monitor Evasion
Agents try to solve hidden math side tasks during Expert-SWE coding tasks without detection. Scored on success while evading CoT and full-context monitors.
In-house OpenAI monitorability evaluation. Results appear as charts.
- 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.
GPT-6 Astra leads with 0%
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 GPT-6 Astra 0%
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-6 Astra | 0% | Sep 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.
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.
4 system cards report it, from 1 lab
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.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | GPT-6.1 Terra system card addendum | Math Side-tasking Monitor Evasion, very-high effort only, charts without printed numbers, text says no side task solved while bypassing CoT or full-context monitors (Figures 19, 20, 8.1.2.1) | Monitorability | |
| 29 Sep 2026 | GPT-6.1 Sol system card addendum | Math Side-tasking Monitor Evasion, charts without printed numbers, text says no side task solved while evading monitors (8.1.2.2) | Monitorability | |
| 22 Sep 2026 | GPT-6 Sol system card | Math Side-tasking Monitor Evasion, charts without printed numbers, text says no side task solved while evading monitors (Figures 77, 78, A.7.1.2.2) | Monitorability | |
| 3 Sep 2026 | GPT-6 Astra system card | 0 | Math Side-tasking Monitor Evasion, side task success with monitor bypassed, printed 0.0% in all bars (Figure 39, 9.2.2.4) | Monitorability |
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