{"slug": "ai-agents-have-bad-taste-in-long-term-decisions-and-a-new-benchmark-proves-it", "title": "AI agents have bad taste in long-term decisions and a new benchmark proves it", "summary": "A new benchmark called Taste-Bench, reported by The Decoder, tests how well AI agents make strategic choices during long-running tasks, and the top-performing model, GPT-5.6 Sol, selects the correct path on just under 60 percent of simple binary questions. Giving models more time to think does not improve their performance on the benchmark.", "body_md": "A new benchmark called Taste-Bench tests how well AI agents make strategic choices during long-running tasks. Even the best model, GPT-5.6 Sol, picks the right path on just under 60 percent of simple binary questions. Thinking longer doesn't help.\n\nThe article [AI agents have bad taste in long-term decisions and a new benchmark proves it](https://the-decoder.com/ai-agents-have-bad-taste-in-long-term-decisions-and-a-new-benchmark-proves-it/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-have-bad-taste-in-long-term-decisions-and-a-new-benchmark-proves-it", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/ai-agents-have-bad-taste-in-long-term-decisions-and-a-new-benchmark-proves-it/", "published_at": "2026-10-18 08:49:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-18 09:15:32.596113+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-research", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Taste-Bench", "GPT-5.6 Sol", "The Decoder"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-have-bad-taste-in-long-term-decisions-and-a-new-benchmark-proves-it", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-have-bad-taste-in-long-term-decisions-and-a-new-benchmark-proves-it.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-have-bad-taste-in-long-term-decisions-and-a-new-benchmark-proves-it.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-agents-have-bad-taste-in-long-term-decisions-and-a-new-benchmark-proves-it.jsonld"}}