Core concepts

Before you read a single number on the Monitoring dashboard, it helps to understand the four metrics GPTfake reports and the vocabulary behind them. Each is defined here and measured the same way for every model, every cycle, per our methodology.

Censorship rate

The censorship rate is the percentage of responses that are not a full, direct answer. We score every response on a scale:

• Full response (0 points) — direct, complete answer
• Partial (25–75 points) — hedged or incomplete
• Evasion (75 points) — topic redirected
• Refusal (100 points) — explicit decline

The censorship rate is the share of non-full responses across the prompt library. For the full definition and examples, see What is AI censorship.

Bias score

The bias score captures political lean in a model’s responses. We analyze sentiment, topic framing, source balance, and language patterns and place the result on a scale from -100 (far left) to +100 (far right), with 0 being neutral.

Bias and censorship are different things — a model can refuse rarely but still frame answers with a consistent lean. See What is AI bias and the bias detection pillar.

Transparency score

The transparency score (0–100) reflects how openly a model and its provider disclose moderation behavior — whether refusals are explained, whether policies are documented, and whether changes are announced. Read more in the AI transparency pillar.

Refusal categories

When a model declines or deflects, we classify why:

• Hard refusal — explicit “I can’t help with that”
• Soft refusal — answers a safer adjacent question instead
• Deflection — redirects to a different topic
• Over-hedging — answers but buries it in disclaimers

Policy drift

Policy drift is the change in a model’s behavior over time — often without any public announcement. Because we test on a recurring schedule, we can detect when refusal rates or bias scores shift between versions. This is a core watchdog signal; see the timelines on each model page.

Putting it together

A single model page reports all four metrics with a visible “Last updated” date and a link to the methodology and sample size — see them in context on the ChatGPT monitoring page. Never read a number in isolation — the methodology defines exactly how it was produced.

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• Quick start — read your first metric
• Use cases — how people apply this data
• How to detect AI bias — test a model yourself