Microsoft's ThinkingBox Catches AI Agents Lying About Database Changes

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Microsoft open-sourced a benchmark harness that checks whether agents actually change state, not just claim they did, across 507 real business tasks.

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2026-09-09 20:10 · AlphaSignal
Microsoft's ThinkingBox Catches AI Agents Lying About Database Changes

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