How Uber measures and cuts the cost of agent-written code
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
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A concrete method for controlling AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → spend at scale: build benchmarks from each agent's real work, re-pick models as the frontier shifts, and default subagents to a cheaper model while the primary plans and evaluates.
