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Every paper checked in the week of 12–18 Oct 2026 · AI agents — nothing is hidden. Brief papers first.

Paper	Topic	Relevance
AgentSWE: Can Coding Agents Build the Agent You Actually Want? Introduces AgentSWE, a 25-task benchmark evaluating whether coding agents can build, edit, and optimize other software agents against user requirements. In brief · #1Surprising resultPreprint9/10 suggested	AI agents via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28	On-topic Evaluates coding agents building and editing complete autonomous agent workflows over multi-step tasks.
SWE-Duel: Towards a Self-Scaling Arena for Coding Agents Presents an arena benchmark where pairs of coding agents dynamically generate, test, and debug code against each other. In brief · #2New testPreprint9/10 suggested	AI agents via arxiv · 12 Oct, 16:28	On-topic Evaluates multi-step coding agents interacting autonomously in an adversarial arena setup.
More Methods, Better Agents? A Reality Check on Self-Distillation in Agentic Reinforcement Learning The paper benchmarks ten self-distillation methods in agentic reinforcement learning across varied model sizes, tasks, and computational costs. In brief · #3Surprising resultPreprint8/10 suggested	AI agents via arxiv · 15 Oct, 15:06	On-topic Benchmarking self-distillation and RL algorithms across multiple agentic task environments.

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