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Surge AI publishes LMArena is a cancer on AI
Published "LMArena is a cancer on AI" — reporting disagreement with 52% of 500 votes in its own sample, and strong disagreement with 39%
Why it matters
A critique that leaderboards are optimized for formatting and impressions rather than accuracy. But this is the company's own analysis as a seller of human data, not an independent check
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
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