AI agents have bad taste in long-term decisions and a new benchmark proves it
A new benchmark called Taste-Bench tests how well AI agents make strategic choices during long-running tasks.
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- Even the best model, GPT-5.6 Sol, picks the right path on just under 60 percent of simple binary questions.
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- [1]AI agents have bad taste in long-term decisions and a new benchmark proves itThe Decoder · Oct 18, 08:49 AM
A new benchmark called Taste-Bench tests how well AI agents make strategic choices during long-running tasks.
Even the best model, GPT-5.6 Sol, picks the right path on just under 60 percent of simple binary questions.
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