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AI agents tested on theoretical computer science with new TCSExam benchmark

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Turing Award winner Andrew Yao and Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin have developed TCSExam, a new benchmark designed to evaluate AI agents' capabilities in theoretical computer science research. The benchmark consists of 100 expert-reviewed tasks. In early tests, Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 agent successfully constructed a complex graph with 124 vertices and 630 edges, surpassing previous records. AI

IMPACT This benchmark will help assess and advance AI agents' reasoning and research capabilities in complex theoretical domains.

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Turing Award winner Andrew Yao and Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin have co-authored TCSExam, a benchmark of 100 expert-reviewed tasks testing whether AI agents

    Turing Award winner Andrew Yao and Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin have co-authored TCSExam, a benchmark of 100 expert-reviewed tasks testing whether AI agents can do research in theoretical computer science. Kimi K3 built a 124-vertex graph with 630 edges, one more than the prev…

    LINKS pandaily.com/tcsexam-andrew-yao-yang-zhil…

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