The LMSArena Illusion
Generative AI 1015 Touko 2025

The LMSArena Illusion

Ever wonder who’s really winning the Chatbot Arena and whether those wins mean anything at all? In this episode of Generative AI 101, host Emily Laird's blowing the lid off the leaderboard. Turns out, the top bots might’ve had a little… help. Like submitting 27 secret versions and quietly deleting the losers help. We break down The Leaderboard Illusion, a new research paper, is exposing how big tech plays with the rules, while open-source models get ghosted like last year’s crypto pitch. From rigged matchups to sketchy score retractions and mysteriously vanished models, this one’s part statistical roast, part AI crime scene investigation. Spoiler: the leaderboard might be lying to you.

The Leaderboard Illusion Paper

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