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Morning Edition · Friday, August 14, 2026Published at 2:27 AM EDT · New York
New Benchmarks Try to Score Agents on Execution Rather Than Multiple Choice
One framework runs coding agents against live backtests in algorithmic trading, another replaces roleplay scores with per-requirement checklists tied to dialogue evidence.
Two evaluation papers this week share a diagnosis: static benchmarks for agents are contaminated by training data, and a single aggregate score tells a deploying team nothing about which requirement failed. Backtrader-Bench addresses both i…
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