Models still struggle to build other agents and harnesses
dejavucoder · x · 2026-08-23
Discusses current model capabilities, noting that while models perform well on general tasks, they still struggle significantly with cutting-edge tasks like building other agents or harnesses. References benchmarks such as Frontierswe, MirrorCode, Posttrainbench, and Agents Last Exam where performance is not yet saturated.
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