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Did agents fully reproduce most PAPERBENCHX tasks?

No. The authors report that the best configuration fully reproduced 14% of tasks under their 90% score threshold. Mean partial scores were higher, showing that progress on individual steps often did not compose into a complete reproduction.

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PAPERBENCHX Tests Whether AI Can Rebuild Evidence, Not Just Explain a Paper

A 93-task benchmark across scientific fields finds a large gap between AI agents running parts of an experiment and reproducing its evidence.

Crashtech Editorial November 6, 2026 Ai Science

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