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AI agent teams waste massive tokens for barely measurable quality gains, research finds
Vals AI research finds multi-agent teams cost 5.1x more tokens than solo agents for minimal quality gains.
Teams of AI agents barely outperform solo agents but cost up to 5.1x more, according to Vals AI. Only one out of four tests with GPT-6 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 showed a measurable gain. Anthropic's own data backs this up: beyond ten agents, quality plateaus while token costs keep climbing.
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