If you’re a for profit company trying to raise funding and fend off skepticism that your models really aren’t that much better than any one else’s, then…
It would be dishonest, but as long as no one found out until after you closed your funding round, there’s plenty of reason you might do this.
It comes down to caring about benchmarks and integrity or caring about piles of money.
Judge for yourself which one they chose.
Perhaps they didn’t train on it.
Who knows?
It’s fair to be skeptical though, under the circumstances.
If you’re a for profit company trying to raise funding and fend off skepticism that your models really aren’t that much better than any one else’s, then…
It would be dishonest, but as long as no one found out until after you closed your funding round, there’s plenty of reason you might do this.
It comes down to caring about benchmarks and integrity or caring about piles of money.
Judge for yourself which one they chose.
Perhaps they didn’t train on it.
Who knows?
It’s fair to be skeptical though, under the circumstances.