Honesty and correctness are not the same thing, even when talking about LLMs. Sometimes an LLM says a false thing and you don't know whether it's being dishonest or merely incorrect. Sometimes, however, you can see in the CoT that the model does know the true fact and is reasoning about how to deceive the user. That's lying, not just being incorrect.
Fair points. I notice it's not hiding as much from me as earlier versions. It's telling me exactly where it has gaps, where someone might be critical of what it did. Then it's easy for me to adjust. Before it used to lie or just not tell me. Feels like it is acting more like a senior that has enough game and credibility to just tell it like it is. It's noticable in only a few long prompts so far.