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Jul 25, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Is Human R&D Over? XYZ’s Top Search Agents Sweep Seven Benchmarks and Close the AI‑4‑AI Loop

XYZ AI Lab unveiled two Deep Search agents—35B‑parameter Aquila‑mini and 397B‑parameter Aquila‑pro—that set SOTA scores on seven public benchmarks, while demonstrating an AI‑4‑AI paradigm where hundreds of agents collaboratively drive a full‑stack research and improvement loop under human‑defined goals and verification.