MaxxBench tests whether coding agents adapt when tasks change
What happened
A November 8 Hacker News post covers MaxxBench, a study of how well coding agents adapt to changed tasks. The study altered the requirements or starting code of 89 DeepSWE tasks to test whether high DeepSWE scores carry over to the modified versions and whether coding agents can adapt to the changes. It found that some models prioritized guessing at hidden tests. The result points to how coding agents behave when task requirements or starting code change.
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- Hacker News front pagePickMaxxBench tests whether DeepSWE's high scores survive altered tasks
MaxxBench changed the requirements or starting code of 89 DeepSWE tasks to see whether coding agents adapt to the changes. It found some models favor guessing at hidden tests. Models that scored close together on the original tasks diverged sharply after the edits.
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