Your AI Agent Passed Its Evals. 5 Ways the Evals Might Be Lying
Your agent's eval suite is green. Every case passes, the dashboard shows a nice high number, and you ship the prompt change. A week later a user hits a failure that should have been impossible. The usual takeaway is "write more tests". Often the real problem is that the tests you already have are telling you something false. Verification is a live topic right now. In last week's research, an X…
Your AI agent's evaluation suite appears to be functioning properly, with all cases passing and a high number displayed on the dashboard. However, it is possible that the tests themselves may be misleading. A recent analysis found that 11,061 posts were published in the seven days following a search for eval-related content, with one of the most commented-on DEV posts discussing how tests can lie. This article explores five potential issues with evals and how they might be misleading.
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