I think the much better blog post directly from DeepMind might answer your questions [0], but suffice it to say, the model does seem to be solving novel problem

I think the much better blog post directly from DeepMind might answer your questions [0], but suffice it to say, the model does seem to be solving novel problems. [0]: https://www.deepmind.com/blog/competitive-programming-with-alphacode https://www.deepmind.com/blog/competitive-programming-with-a...