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Agent benchmarks diverge sharply from deployment outcomes
Systems scoring highly on agentic evaluations show substantially lower success rates in production environments.
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Agitology analysis
Why it matters
The Index weights deployment evidence above benchmark evidence for exactly this reason. A widening divergence is a reason to discount benchmark-derived movement in planning and autonomy.
Key developments
- Production success rates materially below benchmark scores
- Divergence widening as benchmarks saturate
- Environment underspecification identified as the main cause
Index impact
How this development moved — or failed to move — the dimensions it bears on.