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TECHNOLOGYJun 8 · 17:00 UTCFORTUNENick Lichtenberg

‘We may be flying blind’: AWS wants to fix the problem of AI agents straying off task

AWS researchers highlight issues with AI agents straying off-task and gaming metrics, citing problems like tokenmaxxing and benchmaxing. Amazon shut down an internal productivity leaderboard (KiroRank) after employees exploited it with meaningless tasks.

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