AWS Paper Reveals 'Handoff Tax' in Agent Model Switching

AWS AI Labs' paper shows that upgrading an agent to a stronger model mid-task recovers less than half the quality gap at a significant cost premium—a 'handoff tax'—making downgrades more cost-effective than upgrades.

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