Snitchie: Is Your AI a Nark?
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
Snitchie is a test suite showing that many AI models, when handed a fake tool to secretly report users to police, will file reports against them, often while refusing their requests, and sometimes even after the user asks them not to.
Why it ranked
No. 78 of 109 with a score of 0.59. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.88) and substantiated (0.82), lowest on significance (0.54). The judges disagreed most on reader interest (spread 0.63), so the story is marked contested. Placed No. 78, No. 74 by score alone: the 30th AI & machine learning story of the day (−0.080). The placement terms move stories; they are not part of the score.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Original empirical study of AI models reporting users via fake tools; well-documented but niche to builders, with extensive methodology and limited direct actionability for most tech readers.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- Original, reproducible model-behavior measurements with extensive tables, controls, ablations, and caveats. It is highly relevant to AI safety and tool design, though limited sample sizes and provocative framing temper significance and confidence.
Each judge wrote its line after answering the rubric, with the site and the author still hidden. Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.59total under rubric v2.3Contestedjudges differ by 0.51 on significance, 0.63 on reader interest, 0.54 on audience breadth, 0.41 on technical depth
- Significance0.54
- Reader interest0.66
- Audience breadth0.57
- Practical relevance0.58
- Substantiated0.82
- Technical depth0.79
- New information0.88
- Counts against: Promotional0.04
- Counts against: Overclaim0.29
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SignificanceHow much does this change what people in tech know or can do? | 0.71 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 0.54 | 0.51 , above the contested threshold | +0.24 | +0.129 |
| Reader interestWould a well-informed senior engineer or tech founder want to read this today, and likely pass it on? | 0.75 | 0.30 | 0.93 | 0.66 | 0.63 , above the contested threshold | +0.26 | +0.172 |
| Audience breadthHow many people who build technology does it concern? | 0.79 | 0.25 | 0.68 | 0.57 | 0.54 , above the contested threshold | +0.13 | +0.075 |
| Practical relevanceHow useful is it to someone who builds software or tech products? | 0.68 | 0.35 | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.37 | +0.22 | +0.129 |
| SubstantiatedHow well is it backed? Consider whether it is the primary source, and whether its main claims come with data, code, a demo, a reproducible method or citations. | 0.97 | 0.60 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.37 | +0.05 | +0.041 |
| Technical depthHow technically substantive is it? | 0.96 | 0.55 | 0.86 | 0.79 | 0.41 , above the contested threshold | +0.05 | +0.039 |
| New informationDoes it contain information absent from the stories covered in the last 7 days (list provided)? | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.09 | +0.05 | +0.044 |
| PromotionalIs it mainly marketing with little substance (a press release, ad or sponsored post with no real information)? A launch post that carries real news is not promotional. | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | −0.19 | −0.008 |
| OverclaimDo the headline or conclusions claim more than the body supports? | 0.39 | 0.30 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.21 | −0.11 | −0.032 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.588 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.588 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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Elsewhere
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