I'm not sure why you find it distracting, it's an on point extension of the scenario. There are rules by which companies are supposed to operate, and evaluations (audits, for example) intended to ensure compliance with those rules. That an LLM may react differently when being evaluated (audited) than when in normal operation means that it may be quite happy to lie to auditors while making money illegally.

Seemed a clear extension what-if to me.

If wasn't distracting for me (nor presumably for others). Maybe describing why you got so distracted by it?