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A new benchmark targets autonomous open-ended invention

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The ARC Prize Foundation announced ARC-AGI-4, a benchmark for autonomous open-ended invention, the meta-skill where humans still lead, and pointedly warned that any coordinated effort to reduce openness would undermine the positive-sum future.

Reporting date: 2026-09-13 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to September 13, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to September 13, 2026

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ARC Prize Foundation

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A month-old benchmark is saturated and a scoreboard is revised mid-game

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Welcome to September 13, 2026

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A new benchmark targets autonomous open-ended invention
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Reporting date: 2026-09-13
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Claim: The ARC Prize Foundation announced ARC-AGI-4, a benchmark for autonomous open-ended invention, the meta-skill where humans still lead, and pointedly warned that any coordinated effort to reduce openness would undermine the positive-sum future.
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- Welcome to September 13, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-september-13-2026
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