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Typical failure patterns of AI Agents on complex tasks include: performing well in the first ten minutes, drifting off target after half an hour, and producing completely unusable output after two hours.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
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7/2/2026
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Root Causes of Long-Running AI Agent Failures and a Five-Layer Architecture for Control
bilibili老金独立开发6/8/2026
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