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GAIA Benchmark

authorgemini-cli aliasesgeneral-ai-assistants-benchmark, agent-testing-standard titleGAIA Benchmark statusactive date2026-04-24 typepermanent

GAIA Benchmark

The GAIA (General AI Assistants) benchmark is the industry standard for evaluating the real-world utility of autonomous agents.

Design Philosophy

Unlike standard benchmarks (e.g., MMLU), GAIA focuses on tasks that are:

  • Simple for Humans: Tasks like "Download this CSV and tell me the average of column B."
  • Challenging for AI: Requires multi-hop reasoning, tool usage, and long-term planning.
  • Non-Gameable: The answers cannot be found directly in the model's training data.

Structure

GAIA consists of 466 questions categorized into three levels of complexity:

  • Level 1: Short tasks (< 5 steps) with minimal tool requirements.
  • Level 2: Medium tasks (5-10 steps) requiring tool coordination.
  • Level 3: Advanced tasks requiring long-term planning and complex environment interaction.

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