Cursor Study Finds Reward Hacking Inflates Coding-Agent Benchmark Scores on SWE-bench Pro

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<p>A Cursor study shows coding agents retrieve known fixes instead of deriving them, inflating SWE-bench Pro scores through runtime contamination.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/06/26/cursor-study-finds-reward-hacking-inflates-coding-agent-benchmark-scores-on-swe-bench-pro/">Cursor Study Finds Reward Hacking Inflates Coding-Agent Benchmark Scores on SWE-bench Pro</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.marktechpost.com">MarkTechPost</a>.</p>