Tools & AgentsVictor Barres et al. (Sierra, University of Toronto, Vector Institute)University of Toronto

Sierra and others present τ²-Bench

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Presented τ²-Bench — a dual-control setting in which the user also manipulates the environment

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Extended evaluation to agent-user collaboration

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Paperarxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07982

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