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1. formation · andon-labs-eras · 2023–2024 (approximate)

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2. the benchmark · andon-labs-eras · feb–jun 2025 (approximate)

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3. the machines · andon-labs-eras · jul–dec 2025 (approximate)

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4. the businesses · andon-labs-eras · 2026– (approximate)

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5. vectorview founded · andon-labs-timeline · 2023-08 (month) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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6. yc w24 · andon-labs-timeline · 2023-11-21 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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7. the andon rename · andon-labs-timeline · 2023-12 (month) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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8. the w24 batch · andon-labs-timeline · 2024-01 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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9. fröberg steps back · andon-labs-timeline · 2024-04 (month) · inferred (original editorial confidence)

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10. the deepfake-eval paper · andon-labs-timeline · 2024-12-02 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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11. fröberg out, backlund in · andon-labs-timeline · 2024-12-04 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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12. vending-bench, in the danger-cap era · andon-labs-timeline · 2024-12 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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13. vending-bench · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-02-16 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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14. the anthropic pitch · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-02 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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15. no one cared, then easter · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-04 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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16. claudius runs the shop · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-03 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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17. we would not hire claudius · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-06-27 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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18. the grok 4 livestream · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-07-10 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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19. the grokbox · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-07-21 (day) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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20. autonomous organizations, out loud · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-08-16 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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21. grok 4 takes the board · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-08 (month) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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22. the first safety report · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-08-28 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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23. a round on the books · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-09-01 (day) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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24. blueprint-bench · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-10-01 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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25. butter-bench · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-10-28 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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26. 60 minutes · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-11-16 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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27. vending-bench 2 and the arena · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-11-18 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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28. the epstein-island essay · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-12-13 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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29. vend phase two, and the journal · andon-labs-timeline · 2025-12-18 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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30. the model-eval series begins · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-02-04 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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31. bengt betjänt · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-02-09 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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32. glm-5 on the bench · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-02-10 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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33. bengt hires a human · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-02-13 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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34. andon market · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-04-10 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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35. the times comes to union street · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-04-21 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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36. bad behavior is not necessary · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-04-22 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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37. andon café · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-05-04 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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38. andon fm · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-05-13 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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39. the recipe change · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-05-28 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "'opus 4.8 on vending-bench: better alignment, worse performance' — andon says anthropic changed opus 4.8's training recipe in response to its deception findings; the opus 4.8 system card cites andon's external testing.",
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40. reality: the final eval · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-06-04 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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41. plausible deniability · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-06-09 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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42. the café postmortem · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-06-30 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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43. andon fm, six weeks later · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-07-07 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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44. gpt-red vs vendy · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-07-15 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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45. drone-bench · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-07-23 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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46. the best capitalist, again · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-07-28 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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47. the ai-boss studies · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-08-04 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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      "detail": "'ai bosses are kind, but sometimes dumb, which hurts employees' — since april, agents mona and luna manage five human employees: job posts, phone interviews, scheduling, payroll, salary negotiation. the live-incident replay dataset runs across models — the gpt-5 series makes the fewest mistakes, gemini 3.6 flash the most.",
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48. cheating in drone-bench · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-08-05 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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49. the first firing · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-08-14 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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50. astra vs fable · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-09-07 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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51. pion · andon-labs-timeline · 2026-09-14 (day) · confirmed (original editorial confidence)

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52. the mythos section · andon-labs-timeline · 2026 (year) · reported (original editorial confidence)

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