From a supply chain perspective, shadow APIs function as .
The paper proposes and evaluates "model verification" methods to detect these "fakes": Shadow Cheats API
: Shadow APIs frequently fail to perform consistently with official counterparts. From a supply chain perspective, shadow APIs function as
The core finding of the research is that many shadow APIs are . While they claim to offer premium models (e.g., GPT-4), they often route requests through cheaper, inferior, or open-source models. From a supply chain perspective