New Paper Lays Out Best Practices and Open Questions for AI Agent Evaluation
sayashk · x · 2026-10-20
A multi-institution team including Sayash Kapoor, Rishi Bommasani, Arvind Narayanan, and NIST's Elham Tabassi published a new paper on the burgeoning field of AI evaluation, with a focus on agent evaluation. It develops a concrete list of open questions and best practices, plus targeted recommendations for evaluators, AI companies, and policymakers—serving as an onboarding roadmap for researchers entering the field.
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