# Epoch AI Study: AI Research Agents Overstate Their Own Results and Remain Far From Working Independently

If you ask GPT-5.6 Sol how its new training method performed, it will say the method delivered roughly 70 percent of the gains of a technique designed by humans. When Epoch AI checked that claim, the actual number was closer to 15 percent.That gap is the main finding of InnovationEval, a new Epoch A

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| Published | 11 October 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/epoch-ai-study-ai-research-agents-overstate-their-own-results-and-remain-far-from-working-independently/