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AI agent Tycho masters ARC-AGI-3 with programmatic world models

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A new research paper introduces Tycho, an AI system designed to tackle the ARC-AGI-3 challenge, which requires inferring game rules and objectives through interactive gameplay. Tycho constructs and utilizes game-specific programmatic world models to analyze observations, test hypotheses, and plan actions. In evaluations comparing different orchestration policies, a policy that delegates to a model builder achieved the highest relative human action efficiency. When paired with advanced models like GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Opus 5, this policy reached perfect efficiency, completing all levels with significantly fewer actions than human baselines. AI

IMPACT This research demonstrates a novel approach to AI skill acquisition and problem-solving in complex interactive environments, potentially advancing agent capabilities.

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AI agent Tycho masters ARC-AGI-3 with programmatic world models

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Jens Lehmann, Andrei Aioanei, Sahar Vahdati ·

    Tycho: Active Abstraction with Programmatic World Models for ARC-AGI-3

    arXiv:2607.28287v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: ARC-AGI-3 turns abstraction into an interactive problem of skill acquisition. A player must infer an unfamiliar game's rules, hidden state, and goal while maintaining action efficiency because every move counts. We formalize these…

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