Detailed instructions written for an earlier generation of AI models become harmful on today's models
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Summary I made two passes on how to design memory and instructions for AI agents, comparing research papers with the official documentation for frontier models. Instead of taking the first pass's conclusion as it stood, I audited which generation of model each supporting paper had measured on. Not one of the five main papers measured on a frontier model, and alongside that I confirmed that the official documentation of three companies has been changing in the same direction. My sources were the…
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- Summary I made two passes on how to design memory and instructions for AI agents, comparing research papers with the official documentation for frontier models.
- Instead of taking the first pass's conclusion as it stood, I audited which generation of model each supporting paper had measured on.
- Not one of the five main papers measured on a frontier model, and alongside that I confirmed that the official documentation of three companies has been changing in the same direction.
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Prompt and agent patterns spread fast; staying current saves time and token cost. DEV — Prompt Engineering reports that summary I made two passes on how to design memory and instructions for AI agents, comparing research papers with the official documentation for frontier models.
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