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Mercury 3 is fast. Your agent still has to wait for its tools.

AI disclosure: This source-based explainer was researched and written with an AI agent. Its numerical example is hypothetical arithmetic, not a Mercury benchmark. Sources checked on 20 October 2026. A model can generate text ten times faster while the application improves much less. Mercury 3’s lau…

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  1. 2026-10-20 06:06 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    Mercury 3 is fast. Your agent still has to wait for its tools.

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