A 40-Call Audit Flagged 7 of 15 GPT Endpoints for Token Inflation
A 40-call black-box audit from USTC flagged 7 of 15 OpenAI-compatible GPT services for behaviour consistent with output-token inflation. The flags are not proof, but padded answers pass quality evals and invoice checks alike, so measure output tokens per task against the first-party API.
September 21, 2026 · 13 min read