Apple researchers publish The Illusion of Thinking
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Published The Illusion of Thinking — as puzzle complexity rises, accuracy collapses completely, and reasoning effort decreases even with token budget to spare
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Set off a wide public debate on the limits of reasoning models
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Paperarxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06941Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week
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