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Microsoft researchers' Fork-and-Flush method lifts agent results up to 66%

Microsoft researchers found autonomous AI agents get trapped in "idea basins" as chat context grows, local solution regions they cannot escape. Their Fork-and-Flush method clears chat history while keeping the workspace, achieving up to 66% better results on the same compute budget.

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Microsoft researchers' Fork-and-Flush method lifts agent results up to 66%: Microsoft researchers found autonomous AI agents get trapped in "idea basins" as chat context grows, local solution regions they cannot escape. Their Fork-and-Flush method clears chat history while keeping the workspace, achieving up to 66% better results on the same compute budget.

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