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How to Evaluate AI Agents: Telling a Real Agent From a Chatbot

Most "agents" shipping to production are chatbots in a trench coat — and most teams are shipping without real evaluation anyway. Here is a durable framework for evaluating AI agents before they reach users.

07/20/2026 · Model Evaluation · 8 min read

Kimi K3 Explained: How to Actually Evaluate Moonshot's Open-Weight Model

Kimi K3 is Moonshot AI's new open-weight model, and it landed with mainstream, trade, and independent coverage in 72 hours. Here's how to evaluate it — and any hyped launch — on independent evidence instead of benchmark hype.

07/19/2026 · Model Evaluation · 7 min read

GPT-5.6 Explained: How Luna, Terra, and Sol Differ

OpenAI's new GPT-5.6 family splits into three named tiers — Luna, Terra, and Sol — under a "scales with your ambition" pitch. Here's what changed, how the tiers are organized, and how it reaches Microsoft 365 Copilot.

07/10/2026 · Model Evaluation · 6 min read

Better Models, Worse Tools: Why AI Agents Still Feel Dumb in 2026

Frontier models keep getting smarter, yet the agents built on them still feel brittle. Here's why the bottleneck moved from model quality to tooling — and what that means for anyone shipping agents.

07/06/2026 · Industry Trends · 7 min read

Are AI Agents Overhyped? A Data-Backed Reality Check for 2026

Zuckerberg says AI agents haven't moved as fast as he hoped, and the froth around AI IPOs is hard to ignore. Here's an honest look at where agents actually deliver in 2026 — and why execution, not intelligence, is the real gap.

07/04/2026 · Industry Trends · 9 min read

How to Run GLM-5.2 Locally: Setup, Hardware, and How It Stacks Up for Agents

GLM-5.2 is the strongest text-only open-weights LLM right now, and it's built for long-horizon agent work. Here's how to run GLM-5.2 locally, the hardware you actually need, and an honest read on whether it belongs in your agent stack.

06/23/2026 · AI Tutorials · 11 min read