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Benchmark Theater: How AI Vendors Game Their Own Numbers

We analysed the benchmark claims of 14 major AI vendors against independent testing. The gap between marketing copy and measurable reality is wider than most enterprises realise.

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Benchmark Theater: How AI Vendors Game Their Own Numbers

We analysed the benchmark claims of 14 major AI vendors against independent testing. The gap between marketing copy and measurable reality is wider than most enterprises realise.

12 Apr 2026/14 min readRead →

The EU AI Act Is Live. Here Is What It Actually Changes.

Three tiers of risk, dozens of compliance obligations and an enforcement regime with real teeth. We cut through the summaries.

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The Privacy Policy That Reads Like Consent But Isn't

A legal and technical forensic review of how five major platforms use dark patterns to extract consent users never intended to grant.

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Forensic audits of AI vendor performance claims against real-world testing.

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