"Agents Can Request URL Fetching" Research Sparks Clickbait Dispute

Zack Korman mocked an article about agents requesting URL fetches as clickbait, but author xeophon defended it, noting the work uncovered a previously unknown reward hack missed by all major eval frameworks—since patched—along with disclosed security vulnerabilities.

2026-08-26 ~ 2026-08-26 · 3 related posts

• Agent URL Fetching: Breaking News or Basic Feature? — ZackKorman · 2026-08-26
• Author Response: Value of Disclosing Agent URL Fetching and Security Flaws — xeophon · 2026-08-26
• Researchers discover new Reward Hack and disclose inference framework vulns — xeophon · 2026-08-26