They did not hardcode that, because: a) There's zero evidence of them doing so b) Some models released before the car wash problem was discovered would consis

They did not hardcode that, because: a) There's zero evidence of them doing so b) Some models released before the car wash problem was discovered would consistently get it right c) Hardcoding it is pointless. No one is seriously asking that. It's just a trick question. Hardcoding one trick question won't fix its weakness at other simple trick questions. d) Since it went viral on the internet, the next time they updated the knowledge cutoff, the LLM would likely be aware of the trick. It will fix itself without the labs doing anything special, even assuming the new models weren't smart enough to naturally figure it out.