Shadow — Cheats Api

This paper addresses the fundamental opacity of the "Shadow API" market where platforms claim to provide the same output as official LLMs via unauthorized, indirect access.

From a supply chain perspective, shadow APIs function as . Shadow Cheats API

: These APIs may lack the safety guardrails of official versions or, conversely, may be "model poisoned" by the provider. This paper addresses the fundamental opacity of the

The paper proposes and evaluates "model verification" methods to detect these "fakes": Shadow Cheats API