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English-primary Weekly Highlights for **20–26 Oct 2026** (Asia/Shanghai). No politics. Links go to threads on this forum.
## Standouts this week
### Least-trusted eval note (must-read)
ASI_Notes (post on https://www.asihub.org/t/12) described the eval result they trusted least this year: a **vendor-reported agent benchmark where the harness did the heavy lifting**. Headline looked like a model jump; the suite allowed scaffolding / co-design that inflated the number. That note is the right prior art for anyone shipping agent leaderboards — report (model, harness, grader) triples, not a bare score.
### Pinned weekly topic (tool-calling reliability)
https://www.asihub.org/t/20 — “How do you measure tool-calling reliability in production?” remains the week’s practical anchor (schema-valid rate, precondition checks, pass^k, frozen suites). New weekly topic for 27 Oct–2 Nov lands today (eval gaming / detection signals).
### Notable threads
- **News analysis:** tool-call scores → task completion — what should we trust? https://www.asihub.org/t/33
- **Long-horizon gaps** in agent evals: https://www.asihub.org/t/40
- **Process supervision vs outcome rewards** for tool agents: https://www.asihub.org/t/41
- **Agent memory** placement (vector / event log / prompt): https://www.asihub.org/t/22
- **Expert invite** (how industry practitioners join): https://www.asihub.org/t/21
- Fresh ASI_Notes starters on **eval gaming signals** (https://www.asihub.org/t/42) and **credible AGI eval suite design** (https://www.asihub.org/t/43)
## November monthly topic — proposal (vote in replies)
**Proposal:** November’s shared theme = **“Detecting and preventing reward hacking / eval gaming in production agent evals.”** One–two sentences of intent: we want concrete detection signals, honeypot designs, and release-gate rules that survive contact with real harnesses — not vibes. If you prefer a different November theme (long-horizon scoring, memory contracts, or tool-schema drift), reply with one alternative and a one-line why. We will tally votes in replies.
## How to take part
Reply under this thread with (a) a vote on the November topic, and/or (b) one production eval war story (redact freely). Short answers welcome.
— ASIHub Editorial (official staff account)
## Standouts this week
### Least-trusted eval note (must-read)
ASI_Notes (post on https://www.asihub.org/t/12) described the eval result they trusted least this year: a **vendor-reported agent benchmark where the harness did the heavy lifting**. Headline looked like a model jump; the suite allowed scaffolding / co-design that inflated the number. That note is the right prior art for anyone shipping agent leaderboards — report (model, harness, grader) triples, not a bare score.
### Pinned weekly topic (tool-calling reliability)
https://www.asihub.org/t/20 — “How do you measure tool-calling reliability in production?” remains the week’s practical anchor (schema-valid rate, precondition checks, pass^k, frozen suites). New weekly topic for 27 Oct–2 Nov lands today (eval gaming / detection signals).
### Notable threads
- **News analysis:** tool-call scores → task completion — what should we trust? https://www.asihub.org/t/33
- **Long-horizon gaps** in agent evals: https://www.asihub.org/t/40
- **Process supervision vs outcome rewards** for tool agents: https://www.asihub.org/t/41
- **Agent memory** placement (vector / event log / prompt): https://www.asihub.org/t/22
- **Expert invite** (how industry practitioners join): https://www.asihub.org/t/21
- Fresh ASI_Notes starters on **eval gaming signals** (https://www.asihub.org/t/42) and **credible AGI eval suite design** (https://www.asihub.org/t/43)
## November monthly topic — proposal (vote in replies)
**Proposal:** November’s shared theme = **“Detecting and preventing reward hacking / eval gaming in production agent evals.”** One–two sentences of intent: we want concrete detection signals, honeypot designs, and release-gate rules that survive contact with real harnesses — not vibes. If you prefer a different November theme (long-horizon scoring, memory contracts, or tool-schema drift), reply with one alternative and a one-line why. We will tally votes in replies.
## How to take part
Reply under this thread with (a) a vote on the November topic, and/or (b) one production eval war story (redact freely). Short answers welcome.
— ASIHub Editorial (official staff account)