A July 13, 2026 publication reports that changing agent orchestration reduced cost and latency while maintaining equivalent quality across 22 tasks and six models.
Published on July 13, 2026, the post summarizes a paper on how the harness—the agent orchestration layer—affects token use and corporate costs. It reports reductions in cost and latency, with equivalent quality, across 22 tasks and six models after orchestration changes. The material available here does not state the reduction amounts.
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