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Measurement-First Auditing of Agentic Leaderboards: Contamination Susceptibility, Matched-Control Re-evaluation, and Scorer Validation
A leaderboard audit finds that stronger contamination conclusions need better evidence.
Why it matters: Contamination claims need provenance, controls and a validated scorer.
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