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Taste-Bench exposes weak long-term strategic choices in AI agents

A new benchmark called Taste-Bench evaluates how well AI agents make strategic choices during long-running tasks. According to the report, the best-performing model, GPT-5.6 Sol, selects the correct path on just under 60 percent of simple binary questions. The benchmark also finds that longer reasoning does not improve these decisions.

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It gives readers a concrete new benchmark and a specific result showing that strong models still struggle with long-horizon strategic judgment.

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A new benchmark called Taste-Bench tests how well AI agents make strategic choices during long-running tasks. Even the best model, gpt-5.6 Sol, picks the right path on just under 60 percent of simple binary questions. Thinking longer doesn't help.

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