The recent paper from top AI labs accuses LM Arena, the organization behind Chatbot Arena, of facilitating unfair practices in the AI competitive space. According to the authors, LM Arena allowed select AI companies to gain an unfair advantage by achieving better leaderboard scores at the expense of theiivals.This raises serious concerns about the integrity of crowdsourced benchmarking platforms and the potential for exploitation within the industry. The involvement of prominent AI companies like Meta and OpenAI further underscores the severity of the issue.The consequences of such actions can stifle innovation and hinder the progress of AI research, as smaller organizations may be unable to compete with those receiving unfair advantages.