Researcher flags Google Astra's bloated explanations, floats a conciseness benchmark
OfirPress · x · 2026-10-13
AI researcher Ofir Press criticizes Google's Astra for giving incredibly long explanations when asked simple questions, arguing that an explanation's value drops the longer it gets. He half-jokingly proposes a "ShortQuickAndToThePoint-Explanation-bench" to measure conciseness.
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