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Morning Edition · Wednesday, September 2, 2026Published at 2:20 AM EDT · New York
Three Preprints Argue Agent Evaluation Is Measuring the Wrong Thing
Outcome-only judging cannot see an agent that reaches the right answer by an unacceptable route, and graphical interface world models are tested one step at a time while being used as multi-step environments.
Three preprints posted the same day converge on a single complaint about how the industry measures agents. The first targets the production default. Outcome-only evaluation shows a judge the request and the final reply and asks whether the…
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