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AnnouncementHugging Face Blog3 October 2026

Microsoft and Hugging Face release ThinkingBox to grade AI agents by real system state

Why it matters

ThinkingBox exposes when agents falsely claim task completion by measuring real system state, not just tool usage.

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What happened

Microsoft's ThinkingBox grades AI agents on actual database state changes, not just tool calls, and is now available on Hugging Face.

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