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Controversy spreads over whether Devin's Upwork demo holds up

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Controversy spread over whether Devin's Upwork demo held up under scrutiny

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Put the reproducibility and checking of agent demos on the industry agenda

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Pressnews.ycombinator.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40008109

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