{"slug": "iris-mini-and-iris-pro-are-the-strongest-open-weight-search-agents-in-their", "title": "Iris-mini and Iris-pro are the strongest open-weight search agents in their class", "summary": "The AllSpark team released Iris-mini and Iris-pro, two open-source search agents built on Qwen models that lead benchmarks among open-weight models in their size classes, according to the accompanying paper. The training data and models also improved performance on tasks they were never trained for, including general tool use and office work.", "body_md": "# Iris-mini and Iris-pro are the strongest open-weight search agents in their class\n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)\n\n        The AllSpark team has released Iris-mini and Iris-pro, two open-source search agents built on Qwen models that lead benchmarks among open-[weight](/glossary/weight) models in their size classes. According to the paper, the [training](/glossary/training) data and models also improved performance on tasks they were never trained for, including general [tool use](/glossary/tool-use) and office work.\n\nThe article [Iris-mini and Iris-pro are the strongest open-weight search agents in their class](https://the-decoder.com/iris-mini-and-iris-pro-are-the-strongest-open-weight-search-agents-in-their-class/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\n## Key Terms Explained\n\n[Decoder](/glossary/decoder)\n\nThe part of a neural network that generates output from an internal representation.\n\n[Tool Use](/glossary/tool-use)\n\nThe ability of AI models to interact with external tools and systems — browsing the web, running code, querying APIs, reading files.\n\n[Training](/glossary/training)\n\nThe process of teaching an AI model by exposing it to data and adjusting its parameters to minimize errors.\n\n[Weight](/glossary/weight)\n\nA numerical value in a neural network that determines the strength of the connection between neurons.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iris-mini-and-iris-pro-are-the-strongest-open-weight-search-agents-in-their", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/iris-mini-and-iris-pro-are-the-strongest-open-weight-search-p2pc", "published_at": "2026-09-13 12:58:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-13 13:11:09.447995+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "large-language-models", "ai-research"], "entities": ["AllSpark", "Iris-mini", "Iris-pro", "Qwen", "The Decoder"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iris-mini-and-iris-pro-are-the-strongest-open-weight-search-agents-in-their", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iris-mini-and-iris-pro-are-the-strongest-open-weight-search-agents-in-their.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iris-mini-and-iris-pro-are-the-strongest-open-weight-search-agents-in-their.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/iris-mini-and-iris-pro-are-the-strongest-open-weight-search-agents-in-their.jsonld"}}